by Kenneth Florence | Dec 14, 2021 | Articles, Folk Stories & Traditions, Movies & TV
In my last article, I presented the symbol of Joan of Arc as an antidote to the increasingly prevalent phenomenon of symbolic inversion, the technique of turning archetypal symbols upside-down. In doing so, I made brief reference to the use of this technique in the...
by Kenneth Florence | Nov 1, 2021 | Articles, Folk Stories & Traditions, Movies & TV, Theory
Inverted depictions Symbolism expert Jonathan Pageau recently put out a video addressing a viewer’s question about the movie The Green Knight. A few months back, Pageau had made another video discussing the symbolism of the original Green Knight (a 14th-century...
by Norm Grondin | Sep 14, 2021 | Folk Stories & Traditions, Theory
Near my home lies a fairy forest. It started in the winter of 2020 and has gradually grown through the spring of 2021. At first blush, this folk project may seem a strange phenomenon, but its existence shows not only a longing for, but the inevitable return of...
by David Brodeur | Aug 21, 2021 | Bible, Folk Stories & Traditions
Well, I’ve made up my mind, anyway. I want to see mountains again, Gandalf – mountains; and then find somewhere where I can rest. – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Ring, “A Long-Expected Party” INTRODUCTION Mountains are locations where the access to the sky is...
by James Dyson | Aug 15, 2021 | Articles, Bible, Folk Stories & Traditions, Reviews
The Vulnerary of Christ-The Mysterious Emblems of the Wounds in the Body and Heart of Jesus Christ has recently been published after a near century of being lost. For its rediscovery, reconstitution and publication we are indebted to Gauthier Pierozak, a French...
by Erling Rohmer | Jul 15, 2021 | Articles, Bible, Folk Stories & Traditions, Theory
The cyclopes are commonly thought of as a race of one-eyed giants. This description, however, can be doubly misleading. Firstly, the cyclopes do not belong to the race of gigantes proper, being “gigantic” only in the sense of being physically large and in the sense of...
