Mythology

Code	Name	Price	Description
00501	Prem Das Huichol Cosmology	$18.95	Prem Das explores the Huichol world and vision of the universe. Through two of their myths, the Story of Creation and the Return to the Gods, he describes their peyote ceremony and spiritual history. - 1977 Esalen - Two Audiotapes
01701	Munn, Henry The Fable Of Vissionary Drink	$11.95	Munn relates the many myths describing the origin of yagä (ayahuasca), the potent visionary hallucinogen. - 1977 Esalen - One Audiotape
02302	Sheldrake, Rupert Resonance and Myths Of Nations	$11.95	Sheldrake's main topics are myths, rituals and national myths of origin. These myths of origin contribute to the cohesion of a social group and create a collective vision with enormous effects on the reality of that group. Sheldrake says that through the morphic resonance of ritual, followers of the path are helped and connected with all past followers to come into resonance with the entire tradition. - 1988 Esalen - One Audiotape
04006	May, Rollo and Sam Keen Loss Of Innocence	$11.95	This lively spontaneous dialogue looks at myths of the West, focusing on death and tragety as the elements that give a story the depth of mythology. Keen claims America has been trying to live without myth and without a past - in denial of death and the transcendent. The two esteemed teachers take this as a starting point to ask, "What does America need? What's the new myth?" - 1974 Esalen - One Audiotape
04201	Naranjo, Claudio Goodness Of The Devil	$11.95	Naranjo talks about mythology, theology, poetry, psychological states and drugs in relation to the "devil." - 1969 Esalen - One Audiotape
04202	Naranjo, Claudio Dante's Way To The Stars	$11.95	Midway in our life's journey I went astray from the straight road and woke to find myself alone in a dark wood. Thus Dante begins his journey, which may lead one to one's full spiritual goal after knowledge of hell. Naranjo relates Dante's way to mystical schools, religions and modern psychology. - 1968 Esalen - One Audiotape
04206	Naranjo, Claudio and Dana Rudhyar Symbols Of Spiritual Unfoldment and Transformation	$18.95	Why speak of symbols and not of the actual process of spiritual unfoldment? Naranjo responds by recognizing symbols as real tools, maps that help us navigate reality. Using examples from mythology, legends and literature from all over the world, Rudhyar and Naranjo delve into the origins of particular symbol systems and explore many dimensions of working with symbols in a spiritual practice. - 1969 Berkeley - Two Audiotapes
05101	Steindl-Rast, Br. David Overview Of Christian Myths	$18.95	Myth can present truths and insights into the human condition that are so weighty they must be expressed in poetic terms because no other language is strong enough. Brother David gives an overview of the way in which Christian tradition and mythology speak about the divine life of mystical experience. - 1984 Esalen - Two Audiotapes
12501	Ravenscroft, Trevor Spear Of Destiny	$11.95	Sharing many parallels with legends of the Holy Grail, the spear used by a Roman soldier at Christ's crucifixion became the focus of a long succession of legends, as a symbol of worldly authority and destiny, for good or for evil. Ravenscroft traces the mythic history of the Spear of Destiny through Roman times into the Middle Ages, when it disappears from sight, through its re-emergence in the 20th Century in conjunction with Hitler's rise to power - 1978 Esalen - One Audiotape
34201	Naranjo, Claudio Journeys Of Gilgamesh	$11.95	The legend of Gilgamesh, the most ancient recorded tale of a hero's journey, introduces motifs found in hero myths from all over the world. Naranjo relates the story, with commentary on its psychological and spiritual implications, emphasing the transformations that underly the journey. - 1993 Berkeley - One Audiotape
40011	Hoeller, Stephan Joseph Campbell - American Sage	$11.95	Hoeller speaks of Campbell's regard for art and artist as prophetic agents, expressing our culture's "myths of eternity and the future," and emphasizing "the incredible importance of that aesthetic revelation, without which the entire mytic reality has no ability to come forth." - 1987 Los Angeles - One Audiotape
40016	Hoeller. Stephan Magic and Animal Powers	$11.95	"The overwhelming preoccupations of the Western mind bears the stamp of magic - to bring things out of dark into the light, to bring the unconscious into consciousness." Joseph Campbell`s work the Way of the Animal Powers provides Hoeller a starting point for this exploration of the role of magic in Western culture, and the importance of animals in mythology and in our psyches. - 1992 Los Angeles - One Audiotape
40017	Hoeller, Stephan Joseph Campbell and The Gnostic Challenge	$11.95	As we approach the end of the 20th Century, the need to integrate what Hoeller calls "the Mythic Imagination" into our world-view grows ever more desperate. Without this integration, unconscious forces could promote inconceivable catastrophes. The mythic traditions of Gnosticism and the visionary efforts of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell can provide us sources for the transformative wisdom we need to survive. - 1992 Los Angeles - One Audiotape
40022	Hoeller, Stephan Angels - Messengers Of The Future	$11.95	How much does an experience with angels depend on the experience? This talk examins the history and mythology associated with angel visitations, emphasizing how we respond to the experience - what it can mean personally in our lives, whether er can see we are not in charge, how to recognize sngels as messengers between the Devine and the human. - 1991 Los Angeles - One Audiotape
40023	Hoeller, Stephan Magic and Mystery Of Angles	$11.95	Hoeller considers reacquainting ourselves with archetypes from our culture, such as angel myths, a vitally important step in assimilating new experiences. As our culture becomes more complex and specialized, a "crisis of fragmentation of life in general" makes us increasingly susceptible to something in the character of magic, and we should know how to respond. - 1991 Los Angeles - One Audiotape
CJ017	Segal, Robert Campbell and Jung On Myth and Personality	$26.95	Segal describes Campbell as being chiefly concerned with the similarities amoung myths, Jung with the differences. Campbell saw myth as an antidote to therapy, Jung as an aspect of it. This illuminating talk and seminar discussion examines how each viewed the origin, function and meaning of myth. - 1994 Chicago Jung Institute - Three Audiotapes