The Trickster: Chaos is the Teacher
Loki. Hermes. Coyote. The Monkey King. Every culture has a Trickster God. Why do we need a deity of chaos? Because without them, the world becomes stagnant and dies.
We do not grow old as long as we strive to improve ourselves.
Loki. Hermes. Coyote. The Monkey King. Every culture has a Trickster God. Why do we need a deity of chaos? Because without them, the world becomes stagnant and dies.
Why do we double down when proven wrong? Why do cult members believe *more* strongly after the spaceship doesn't come? The answer is the most powerful force in psychology: Cognitive Dissonance.
“A physician without a knowledge of astrology has no right to call himself a physician” - Hippocrates. The stars and our bodies are connected. Body parts and health governed by 12 Signs and Planets.
Snake hair. Stone gaze. Medusa is the ultimate monster. But if you read the original myth, she is not the villain; she is a survivor of trauma, and her 'curse' was a weapon.
From Star Wars to Harry Potter, every great story follows the same pattern. Joseph Campbell discovered the 'Monomyth.' Learn the stages of the journey so you can figure out where YOU are right now.
He solved the Riddle of the Sphinx but could not solve the riddle of his own life. Oedipus is the tragedy of the rational man who thinks he can outsmart his own destiny.
She was given the gift of prophecy and the curse that no one would believe her. Cassandra is the patron saint of climate scientists, whistleblowers, and anyone who sees a disaster coming that no on...
We stroke our screens like lovers. We curate our lives like museums. Is social media making us all narcissists, or is it just revealing the narcissism that was always there?
A crime happens in broad daylight. Hundreds of people watch, film it on their phones, but no one helps. Are we all monsters? No. We are victims of the Bystander Effect.
Chased by ghosts every night? Don't run, change the ending. The most scientific way to stop nightmares.