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Oedipus on a Pale Horse, Journey in Search of a Personal Mythology. Contains 700 photos of Greece. Take a journey with the author in search of a personal mythology. You'll visit many sites all over Greece and the western coast of Turkey, travel by bus, ferry and train. While there you'll read about the ancient myths of the local communities and how he relates them to his own life experience. This is a journey into the soul and will give you ideas of how you might develop your own personal mythology. |
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The Mysteries, A Novel of Ancient Eleusis. (not linked, currently looking for a literary agent) A mother/daughter novel set in ancient Greece during the time of the Persian invasion and concerning the sacred initiation rites called The Mysteries. In 480 BC, the great Persian Empire invaded Greece. King Xerxes planned to expand his empire to the Atlantic Ocean, and if Greece hadn’t repulsed the invasion, Western Civilization as we know it, together with its democratic institutions, would not exist. Much has been written about the invasion, but little concerning heroic women. According to Herodotus, feminine influence in the form of the goddess Demeter was a deciding factor in the famous battles of Salamis, Plataea and Mykale. This novel concerns this feminine influence as personified by the priestess of Demeter and her daughter. Both characters are fictional, but demonstrate the courage of women of the time. |
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Jungian Novel Writing: A Mythological Approach to Story Telling. This book was first developed as class plans for a course in the Continuing Education Department at New Mexico State University at Carlsbad. Writing a novel is equal parts method and madness. The "method" of plotting taught here is that developed by Henry James coupled with that of the master storytellers of Hollywood. To investigate the "madness," we first explore the way our mind constructs reality and its propensity to interpret life in terms of story, thus intuitively creating myth. The method borrows from mythology, ancient Greek religion and the theories of psychologist Carl Jung. |
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Introduction to Greek Mythology: Gods, Heroes & Ancient Theatre. This book, first developed for a class in the Continuing Education Department at New Mexico State University at Carlsbad, explores the myth of the twice-born god of theatre, Dionysus, and then that of Oedipus and his family. This leads to discoveries of not only the nature of theatre but also the nature of the soul. You'll read three Homeric Hymns and seven Greek tragedies, all of which have a key relationship with Thebes, the ancient city in Boeotia, and one of the agricultural centers of ancient Greece, as it is today. You'll be provided with maps, not only of Greece, but also of the ancient cities and look at the physical reality behind the myths by viewing snapshots of the sites and discussing the archaeology. |
