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Circe: Witches, Power, Heroes, and Braids

from MITM Myths & Stories Vol 12 by Dr. Catherine Svehla

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Circe, a secondary goddess in ancient Greek mythology, is best known as the sorceress in Homer’s Odyssey who turned the men into swine and later helped the hero Odysseus make a required trip into the underworld.

Circe’s powers of seduction and evil enchantments have titillated the Western imagination for centuries. Now Madeline Miller’s gives us Circe’s whole story, told from the perspective of the goddess herself.

Miller skillfully handles the mythological fragments of Circe’s documented past to create an absolutely beautiful story, a story that led me to consider the importance of works that reshape the old stories, and how they can help us deconstruct the dominate paradigm of heroes and heroics and power.

Treat yourself to this book and better yet, listen to the audio version narrated by Perdita Weeks. I hope you enjoy my reflections too:).

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from MITM Myths & Stories Vol 12, released July 30, 2018
Track art is a graphic from the cover of Miller's novel, the topic of this episode.

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Dr. Catherine Svehla Fort Collins, Colorado

Storyteller, scholar, artist, & desert activist with a PhD in mythology & depth psychology.

Myths & stories contain the wisdom of the human race. I want to know how we can keep the mystery in life alive? How can myths connect us to a larger sphere of being & meaning?

Many of these tracks are Myth in the Mojave programs that first aired online on Radio Free Joshua Tree.

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