003: Fantasy and Reality, part 1
We know that many people in the magickal subcultures are inspired by fictional works. In the past, it was sort of gauche to admit that you’d gotten into magick because you read Lord of the Rings, but those on the cutting edge of magick have taken a different stance, approaching fantasy, science fiction, and graphic novels in terms of myths, with characters as archetypes as valid as any other mythic face of deity. When we look at our fictional tales in terms of the ancient storytelling arts, they become metaphors, allegories of what could be, crumbs of insight along the path that can eventually lead to Truth. In the age o Harry Potter, we have to ask ourselves: does fantasy have a role in magick? And are we mature enough to draw the necessary lines between the stories we tell and the real experiences we have with magick?
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March 30th, 2006 at 9:04 pm
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April 2nd, 2006 at 8:55 pm
Wow, great show!
My husband, deo, from deo’s Shadow Podcast turned me on to you show, and I am quite glad he did. It is refreshing to hear - it is both informative, and intelligent. I love hearing these topics that are both creative and unique backed by obviously intelligent hosts who approach the topics from all angles. Fantastic job!
The topic of Myth was a really great idea. I would never have seen the connections between our Myths and the Fantasy we surround ourselves with. One point that really stuck out was the bit about “captain picard” on the altar. At first I chuckled at this, but as you mentioned in the show, It really *does* achieve the very same things we ask for from deity and from other representational gods, spirits or people put on our altars. Thanks for leading my mind to think about myth in a new perspective.
~Mandy
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