Category: Myth, Archetype, and Spirit
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Neptune Entering Aries (2025): Mysticism, Politics, and the New Mythology
In astrology, Neptune rules dreams, illusions, mysticism, and spiritual transcendence. It is associated with the Ocean, the overwhelming totality of ideas, the collective consciousness and unconsciousness. Aries, on the other hand, is the bold pioneer, the initiator of the zodiac, brimming with fire, courage, and the drive to act. Neptune moving to the field of…
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Monster Hunter Lore – Clues about Arkveld the White Wraith
Arkveld, the flagship monster of the Monster Hunter Wilds, is introduced to us as the “White Wraith”. This spectral wyvern is the apex predator for sure, as it preys upon other top predators for more power. There is not much detail in regards to its origins; its dragon-like mythology is mostly revealed through the weapons…
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Monster Hunter lore: Gore Magala and Its Mythological Origins
Gore Magala is a flagship monster in the Monster Hunter series, making it one of the toughest adversaries in the game. This creature of darkness, infection, and transformation spreads its insidious Frenzy Virus throughout the ecosystem, leaving chaos and madness in its wake. Gore Magala’s unsettling presence isn’t merely an arbitrary game design choice –…
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Monster Hunter Lore: Rey Dau and Its Mythological Roots
Rey Dau, the majestic golden wyvern, is one of the top tier monsters in this year’s hit-game Monster Hunter Wilds. Rey Dau’s command over lightning establishes it as an undisputed apex predator of the Windward Plains. But what is Rey Dau’s significance? The answer is that Rey Dau embodies ancient cultural narratives about storm deities,…
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The Goddess and the Incel: What Inanna’s Myth Teaches About Autonomy
For this Women’s day I decided to revisit an ancient myth about the Goddess Inanna and an “incel” Shu-kale-tuda (or Shukaletuda, or Šukaletuda). This 4000 years old myth shows one way of how gender power relationships can function – this time, a myth provides an important insight about the woman’s body autonomy as it was…
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Jung’s Archetypes: Here is how to recognize their influence
Archetypes are universal, inherited patterns of behavior, thought, and imagery of every human being, regardless of culture, gender, ethnicity or regionality. At the core of Carl Gustav Jung’s revolutionary theory of archetypes and the collective unconscious is the idea that every human being has the same images and symbols deep within their psyche. These images…
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Virtual sanctuaries: Can videogames inspire a divine connection?
Introduction There is a trend in YouTube algorithms that brings upon relaxing, cozy, nostalgic, peaceful video game music to the users. Much like any gamer, I understand that urge that’s a combination of enjoyment in the sound, nostalgia and the emotions those playlists build upon. But I started wondering why do these playlists provide such…
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Why do we need myths even now? Because we’re humans
From Göbekli Tepe to Silicon Valley: The persistence of spiritual thinking Our psychological need for myths makes us spiritual beings, and relatively recent findings in Gobekli Tepe do provide more validity to that claim. The archeological site in contemporary Türkiye was left behind by nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes and is the oldest human settlement that we…