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My Lecture at Theosophical Society on Esoteric Christianity and the Garden of Eden Story Now Available on YouTube and the Society’s Website
The video of my October 29 lecture at the Theosophical Society in America about Esoteric Christianity and the Garden of Eden Story (including my PowerPoint slides) is now up on YouTube, as well as on the Society’s Website. It is … Continue reading
My New Mythology Interview Was Just Posted
This past Sunday the 24th I gave an hour-long interview on the MythicistMilwaukee Show, in which I discussed the mythological symbols in the biblical Garden of Eden story that hold the keys to its meaning, as elaborated more fully in … Continue reading
Posted in Mythology, Mythology of the Eden Story
Tagged adam and eve, Asherah, Earth Goddess
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Yahweh’s Divorce from the Goddess Asherah in the Garden of Eden
Hebrew Bible scholars have long recognized that the writer who penned the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and much other narrative in the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (called the Pentateuch, or Torah) … Continue reading
Creative Mythology: Another Conversation with Willi Paul
I just completed another interesting conversation in PlanetShifter Magazine with mythologist Willi Paul. This time we interviewed each other on the topic of what Creative Mythology means in the mythology community today. Our cross interview is below; if you want … Continue reading
Posted in Mythology, The New Myths/Global Myths, Uncategorized
Tagged adam and eve, Asherah, classical myths. Mother Goddess, creative mythology, eden story, Edward Edinger, garden of eden, Greek myths, hero cycle, Joseph Campbell, knowledge of good and evil, mystery cults, Parzival, sacred tree, sacred trees, The Mythology of Eden, Tristan, Yahwism
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Mythic Travel at Ancient Israel’s High Places – Tel Dan
In ancient Syria-Palestine both before and after the emergence of Israel, religious worship and rituals occurred at outdoor sanctuaries at elevated places near villages, which brought people closer to heaven and to their deities. In English translations of the Hebrew … Continue reading
Posted in Mythic Travel
Tagged Asherah, asherahs, Dan stele, Hazor, high places, Megiddo, tel Dan
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The Sacred Trees in the Garden of Eden
Since my book about the Adam and Eve story, The Mythology of Eden, is just coming out, I’ll devote some of my posts over the ensuing weeks and months to intriguing questions arising from that story. I’ll start here with … Continue reading
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