Myth matters.   Gilgamesh slayed the great beast Humbaba. Persephone was abducted by Hades. Anubis weighs hearts at the threshold of eternity. There is great meaning to be gleaned from each of these mythological still shots, a meaning that does not depend on historical veracity, on whether they actually happened, or happen.   Oh, and here’s another […]

  Click to read Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the “Humanity, Not Quite Ready for Civilization” series.   Sometimes you have to break a thing down into its simplest parts to understand it afresh.   At other times, you have to be broken, or nearly broken, by the Universe to understand a thing.   […]