My Study of the Sri Lanka Mandala Symbols flow like rivers through cultures: They migrate with people, and as they are used, adopted, and adapted they pick up layers of meaning like water picks up elements from the ground over which it travels. Tracing the origination...
Cappadocia and Catalhöyük The world is full of mysteries and wonders from ages that have faded into the mists of once upon a time. Remnants of those times dot the planet, decorate cave walls, and sit silently under the depths of the sea. Occasionally, if we ask the...
Independence Day in the United States is the annual celebration of our country’s birthday. It is when our Founders declared independence from Great Britain and the rule of a King with whom we had no representation. The Continental Congress actually voted our...
Three women of mythology at the Tree of Life: The matriarch indicated by the skull, the mother indicated by her gravid condition, and the maiden indicated by the long braided hair. Lisa Bengiovanni, Mythology Editor As far back as time will allow us to see, human...
Long before there were religious concepts of good and evil there was magic. In this magic pool arose an occult philosophy called the cabala. The name is from Hebrew qibbel, which means to receive, and signifies “knowledge handed down by tradition.” For a while, it was...
Mother and child is a powerful archetype. Since the first birth, through millennia of human existence mothers and children were seen, and hailed as the continuation of the species. This image is found in every culture and every religion, and all around the world it is...
