The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places;
but still there is much that is fair;
and though in all lands
love is now mingled with grief,
it grows perhaps the greater.
(J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring)

More Peace & Anti-War Quotes

      MYTH*ING LINKS

An Annotated & Illustrated Collection
of Worldwide Links to Mythologies,
Fairy Tales & Folklore,
Sacred Arts & Sacred Traditions
By Kathleen Jenks, Ph.D.

Online since 13 November 1998

My thanks to all for warm wishes and support over these past many years --
if you'd like to see what this home page looked like on 11/13/98, here's that original page.

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As of 1 June 2003, retired core faculty member
Mythological Studies Department / Pacifica Graduate Institute
(Home of the non-profit OPUS, housing the libraries/archives of Joseph Campbell,
Marija Gimbutas, James Hillman, & others)
249 Lambert Road // Carpinteria, CA 93013.

As of Spring 2006: Ordinarius (aka "advisor") for M.A. and Ph.D. students
at the Graduate Theological Foundation in South Bend, Indiana,
affliated with Oxford University in England.

As of Autumn 2010, adjunct faculty member, Philosophy Department,
Lake Michigan College,  Napier Campus, Benton Harbor, MI

Personal updates since I left California in 2003

subbing/grubbing blog: [6 December 2008: unfortunately, I haven't had time to maintain this blog as I'd hoped.  I'll announce updates here as they occur.]

+..Myth*ing Links Bookstore and. Unshelved Annex..
Latest Updates:
30 November 2009 and 1 September 2009
Note: a book-symbol on the site-map means a page has its own BOOKS section;
if it's followed by a +, that means its books are also listed in the Bookstore.

As consultant or guide,
I am available by phone or in person for:

..Pastlife Sessions..
.Explore Your Karmic Roots....

See:  Testimonials about My Pastlife Work

With memory, with the reflection of an echo,
a gate opens both ways.  We can circle time....
                                                --From novelist Michael Ondaatje's Divisadero)

I see this passage as a perfect description of pastlife work
since a gate does indeed "open both ways"
as we "circle time" --- and heal what has gone before.

Epiphany/Three Kings Eve, 5 January 2010:
Because I love doing pastlife work -- and to make it more affordable throughout 2010 --
I'm initiating a sliding scale of $75 - $150 for a telephone session.
If you're interested,  please email me directly:
jenks7ATacdDOTnet

I am also available for 
Dream Coaching / Consulting.
See:  Testimonial about My Dream Work
from mythologist and minister,  Rev. Rebecca Armstrong

Pegasus, winged horse-son of the much maligned Medusa:
on Mount Helicon, he churned up the sacred springs that fed and inspired the Muses,
and thus, memory and all the arts.
Artist: Odilon Redon (1840-1916)

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Please scroll further down this page
for my complete Table of Contents
as well as google and an alternate search engine for this site.

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...This is a PayPal link  to help support this site, for those with the means to help.
All donations gratefully appreciated.

 A 2009 Christmas wish for Myth*ing Links:

My PC's "tower" only holds 14 GB -- I've used up much of that & it's been slowing down.  I need one with at least 100 GB so I can upgrade from Windows ME & keep working on these pages.  Does anyone have one they'd be willing to donate?  I'd be most grateful.  Thank you. jenks7ATacdDOTnet

Update, 31January 2010: one's been promised since 23 December 2009 -- a 120 GB Dell, which is amazing! -- but first it needs to be checked over & the kindly giver has been both swamped and ill (please send healing energies!).  Generous donations also arrived to pay for a local Geek Squad to transfer everything to the new hard drive.  As my grandmother used to say, however, "There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip," so I'm not removing this notice, which has catalyzed all this great "magick," until the new Dell actually arrives & I can touch it & see it with my own eyes <smile>.  Meanwhile, my deepest thanks to Connie & Ross, Drucie, Patty & Paul, and Sharon.

Update: 7 July 2010 -- hurrah!  The computer's on its way since last week and should reach me any day now.  9 July 2010: It's here!!!!  Now I just have to figure out how to transfer everything from my current one.  It'll probably take me a few weeks to work up to that --  I do "magical thinking," not technology.  25 July 2010: still working up to it, box not yet unpacked.  ::sigh::

<<<NEW>>>
Other recent additions will be indicated by
dated signs in the Table of Contents.

...30 July 2010, 3:40am:  The Lammas page has now been updated for this year's August 1st celebration.

25 July 2010:  As of 1 July 2010, my Reincarnation: Frequently Asked Questions page has been updated with new additions, revisions, etc. I hope you'll take a look.

7 July 2010:  I've been working on a Fourth of July/Founding Fathers page for nearly five months now, winnowing through a great deal of data that retains its relevance in our current world.  I'm a few days late but it's finally finished <smile>.

18 June 2010: my Summer Solstice page has now been updated for this year. Solstice blessings!

31 May 2010: I just spent ten hours writing what turned out to be a brief page on Memorial Day which, like Mother's Day (below), dates back to the Civil War.

26 May 2010:  I am launching a new page about Julia Ward Howe, the Civil War, and Mother's Day (even though that was two weeks ago); the page is also relevant to Memorial Day on May 31st.  Further, today is the Fortinalia, the ancient Roman celebration of Sacred Wells.   There is an old medieval legend about an attack upon maidens guarding a sacred well.  One man saw what was happening and rushed in to protect the Well Maidens.  According to the legend, that humane and generous impulse is where knighthood originated -- not with battles and war, but with protecting a source of sacred water and the women who tended it.  So perhaps today is the most fitting day of all for launching this page.

NOTE: To prevent this "New" section from getting too long, I am transferring its additions to an Archival Page.  Currently, this covers from May 26, 1999 to 29 April  2010.  For those who like to keep track of more frequent, nuts & bolts changes, please see my Updates Diary [11/4/04: unfortunately, not updated in ages -- ::sigh::].

	Web mythinglinks.org

..Alternate Search Engine Page..

<<< Seasonal Links of On-going Relevance >>>

MYTH*ING LINKS' SEASONAL PAGES:
[Note: some Main and all Sub-categories are also double-listed elsewhere]

Winter Greetings & Lore
       Wintery Shamanism:
       New Breed of Christmas Songs:..12/25/09
Yuletide Around theWorld
Asian Lunar New Year
       Pigs in History, Religion, Culture, and Art: (2007-2008 Lunar New Year)
       Oxen: A Gallery of Art, Literature, & Culture: (2009-2010 Lunar New Year)
.    Tiger in Art, Literature & Culture: (2010-2011 Lunar New Year)...1/29/10
Imbolc / Candlemas
Earth Day
Beltane / May Day
       Through the Sacred Fires: the Animals of Beltane
Spring Greetings & Lore:.
Mother's Day: ..5/26/10
Memorial Day: ..5/31/10
Summer Greetings & Lore:
Fourth of July: ..7/7/10
Lammas
Autumn Greetings & Lore
Columbus Day
Samhain / Halloween
Day of the Dead:
Why There's No Thanksgiving Day Page on Myth*ing Links

WHEEL OF THE YEAR: 

<<< Year-round Links of On-Going Relevance >>>

DAILY:
*Environmental & Humanitarian Causes Page-- click on this Myth*ingLinks' site to access humanitarian and environmental causes.  Then click daily on the causes you desire.  You pay nothing -- sponsors do.
*For a detailed calendar covering ancient pagan feasts as well as Judeo-Christian celebrations, see Waverly Fitzgerald's wonderfully folkloric School of the Seasons, updated around the first of each month.
WEEKLY:
*The mythic dimension of astrology has much to say about current events, some chilling, some hopeful. Don't miss Wolfstar's weekly column (usually updated every Monday or Tuesday) on world events & famous people as seen through astrology's mythic lens (backup sites with archives are at: Wandering Star Designs orStar IQ).
MONTHLY:
*The Headline Muse, a handsome, provocative monthly online journal (free) which offers archetypal analysis of headline news, film reviews, current events and cultural trends.  It's published the 6th of each month and includes archives of previous months.
The Remaining links are for "WhenEver":
*I began my Mythic Shopping Page for the 1999-2000 winter holidays but have decided to keep it up year round.
*Asian Lunar New Year.
*Earth Day, which includes environmental issues that are relevant year-round.
*The Kosovo Peace Invocation  -- as important now as ever in that angry, wounded land.

*I was interviewed (11/00) for an article on goddesses, "Oh, Goddess!" by Laurel Kallenbach for gaiam.com-- here's the link if you'd like to read it: http://www.gaiam.com/gaiam/0,1267,ArticleDetail:learn:16:439,00.html.

My Personal Friends:
Recommended Links to Healers, Writers, & Artists
Added 28 July 2006

Since Myth*ing Links is designed for student research, I have added this section containing online libraries, reference help, literary texts, data on world languages, help on writing research papers (both MLA and APA), information on copyright "myths," movie links (especially for those of you searching for film plots, themes, and/or films representing various historical periods), and also sites simply for word-lovers.

This page for teachers (or for those who homeschool) contains links to mythology, folklore, and general sites with data and lesson plans for grades K-12.  Lovely images come from African-American and Russian artists.  (On 11/1/99, the Open Directory Project designated this page as a "Cool Site.")

Beginning with the superb "Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research,"this section looks at very large and comprehensive collections.

This section includes unannotated links to Pacifica faculty, graduates, & student webpages plus sites on Jung, Campbell, Freud, Eliade, Otto, Hillman, other depth psychologists, mysticism, anthropology, religious studies, archetypal perspectives, foundations for mythology & psychology, relevant journals, books, videos, etc.

.COMMON THEMES,
EAST & WEST

*Notes*

8/29/00 -- I have deleted my codes indicating stages of completion for each page.  Only the most recent updates or new pages will be noted.  By "recent," I mean the past 10-12 months.
means the page is music-enhanced -- controls to pause or stop the sound are at the bottom of these pages.
IMPORTANT -- links to more recent new pages under "Common Themes" will not yet appear on earlier pages -- you'll need to return to this home page for the most up-to-date menu.

       Oxen: A Gallery of Art, Literature, & Culture (for 2009-2010 Lunar New Year): 3 January 2010

The Tiger in Art, Literature & Culture: (2010-2011 Lunar New Year) 

     Factory Farms (aka CAFO's) / Industrial Agriculture: Index to Separate Listings: .(Online since 2004, but not linked to Myth*ing Links until 6 March 2010)

 Artists & Muses: The Creative Impulse:

 Birds [forthcoming, as of 5/25/09]
       Firebird/Phoenix:

 Creation Myths: Part I: (General scholarship, Australia, Africa, & Multi-cultural)
 Creation Myths: Part II: (India, Japan, Near East, Greece, Rome, Norse, Teutonic)
 Creation Myths: Part III: (North & Meso America)

 Crones & Sages:and greatly expanded, 12-29 November 2009, +
        Baba Yaga page:
        Crone Genesis: by Z. Budapest

 Dragons & Serpents:

 Food and Drink: Sacrality & Lore: [Also see above under Animal Guides and below under Latin America]

Lore & History of Chocolate:
Lore & History of Maize

     EARTH:
        Land: Sacrality & Lore:  (mountains, caves, labyrinths, spiral mounds, crop & stone circles, FengShui)
        Earth Day & Environmental Issues: 
        Earth Goddesses & Gods:

        Minerals: 8 May 2004 -- still a work-in-progress

           Bronze [forthcoming]
           Copper: March 2004 -- still a work-in-progress
           Diamonds:
           Emeralds [forthcoming]
           Gold: ..13-16 February 2010
           Iron [forthcoming]
           Malachite:
           Silver [forthcoming]
           Tin [forthcoming]

     FIRE:
        Fire: Sacrality & Lore:  (fire, northern lights, green-flashes, Elmo's Fire)
        Fire & Solar Goddesses & Gods:

     WATER:
        Water: Sacrality & Lore: (water, wells, springs, pools, lakes)

Note: in over 6 years of gathering and grokking links from all over the world, I've found many that are now personal favorites of mine.  Yet for simple, stunning significance, none compares with the work of Japanese researcher, Masaru Emoto, on water.  You'll find photos & links to his research on this Water: Sacrality & Lore page.

Gender Issues:Women -- "Why Women Can't Sleep" -- Introductory Essay: 

.10/16/09, +

Gender Issues:Women -- Annotated Links and Excerpts: [Split off from original page on 1/10/09]

Green Men::
        Who is the Green Man?: by my late friend and colleague, Dr. Dan Noel
Insects in the World and in Mythology: 11 September 2009, +
        Bees: 25 September 2009, +
        Fireflies: ..6/9/09
Money, Wealth & Treasure: .12/16/09, 
       Attachment:Martin Luther King, Jr. on a Guaranteed Annual Income/Wage: . .10/9/09, 
       Spin-off: Charon, Greek Ferryman of the Dead: [also listed elsewhere]; ..12/16/09, 
       Spin-off: Rumpelstiltskin, Spinner of Gold - Part I: [also listed elsewhere]; ..12/18/09, 
       Spin-off: Rumpelstiltskin, Spinner of Gold - Part II: [also will be listed elsewhere -- forthcoming]

 Music:9/14/00, but still 
     New Breed of Christmas Songs: ..12/25/09

 Nature Spirits of the World:

 Reincarnation:
    Perspectives on Exploring Past Lives
    What Is a Past Life?
    Frequently Asked Questions: .1 July 2010
    Letter to a Child:
    China and Tibetan Reincarnation:

 Rituals of Birthing  [forthcoming]

 Rituals of Puberty:

 Rituals of Marriage:

 Rituals of Death & Dying: and greatly expanded, 17 December 2009

 Rituals of Devic Weather-Working: Introduction: An experimental cyber-ritual.

 Sacred Theatre & Dance:

 Shamanism:& greatly expanded: 10-11 September 2009, +
    Wintery Shamanism:

 Star Lore & Astrology: 2/10/01 & 2/21-22/03 -- but still
     Centaurs, Cheiron, Sagittarius:(also listed under Western Europe: Ancient Greek Traditions)
     Charon (& Pluto): (also listed under Western Europe: Ancient Greek Traditions). ..12/16/09, 
     Mars in Astrology, Mythology, and Science: (also listed under Western Europe: Roman & Italian Traditions)
     Poseidon/Neptune: (also listed under Western Europe: Ancient Greek Traditions)
     Sedna: Goddess of the Arctic Seas and our 10th Planet: (also listed under Indigenous Peoples/North America)

 Symbols, Signs, & Runes:

 Time: (Calendars, Clocks, Natural Temporal Cycles, Attitudes toward Time, & Millennium Issues)

 Trees & Plant Lore: 

 Tricksters, Clowns, Magicians, Jesters & Fools:
      The Archetype of the Magician: by John Granrose, Ph.D.

 Wars, Weapons, & Lies: The Dehumanizing Impulse:
         My Notes on James Hillman's The Terrible Love of War [Conference: 11/8-9/02]
         Anti-War Quotes:
       Peace / War / Health: by Christiane Northrup, M.D.

 Weaving: Arts & Lore: (Cosmic Webs, Spinning, Spindles, Quilts, Clothing)
 

SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS

EGYPT & THE SAHARA Portal Page:

EGYPT's subdivisions:

Alexandria:
Amarna:
Art & Artifacts:
Daily Life in Ancient Egypt:
Egypt: General Info, Books, Art Reproductions, Travel, Etc.:
Egypt: through the Eyes of Photographers & Artists:
Hieroglyphs, Papyrus, Texts:
Links to the Links:
Men of Ancient Egypt:
Multiple Category Sites:
Mythology:
Other Archaeological Sites:
Pyramids:
Religious Beliefs & Practices:Ancient, Graeco-Roman, Coptic:
Women of Ancient Egypt:

The Sahara:

Sub-Saharan Africa Portal Page:

FYI: except for the "Sacred Arts" page, this entire section remains largely under construction.  In the meantime, if you check my Search Engine and enter the name of a country or people, you may find links to them scattered throughout my "Common Themes" pages.

Sub-Sahara: General
Sub-Saharan Folklore
Sub-Saharan Sacred Arts

Sub-Saharan Countries and Peoples:

Niger I: The Country:
Niger II: Famine 2005:
Songhay People of Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger,  & Nigeria:
Hausa People of Niger and Nigeria & Fulani People of Mali and Niger: 31 August 2005 -- still 

Tigris-Euphrates River Valley:
      Lilith Remembered: a poem by Kathy Robles
Contemporary Iraq:

Canaan:

Anatolia:

The Three Desert-Born Monotheisms:
      Judaism:
      Christianity:
......Islam
         Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya, an 8th Century Islamic Saint from Iraq

The Crone Papers: Notes on the Mideast:
       What Can We Do About Terrorism?:  by Dr. Robert M. Bowman, Lt. Col., USAF, ret.
       Deena Metzger's Call for Deliberation.

Afghanistan (Page I): + [10 March 2010: general information]
Afghanistan (Page II):  [20 March 2010:  pre-history up to 18th century]
Afghanistan (Page III):  [24 March 2010: 18th century & beyond, including  gold & ivory exhibition]
Afghanistan (Page IV): [Pre- & post-9/11 -- new link but same data as on my 2001 opening page]
Pakistan:9/17-18/01 & still

Asian Lunar New Year:

Asian Arts:
Buddhism, General: 4/1/01 & still
China:
    China and Tibetan Reincarnation: [a reprint]
India:
      Sacred Theatre and Dance (Natya):
      Origins of Sacred Theatre: A Re-telling of Vak / Churning of the Ocean:
Japan:
Korea:
Mongolia
Nepal:
Southeast Asia:
Tibet:
Zen:

Pre-historic Period:Paleolithic to the Bronze Age:
Old Europe: 25 August 2007
European Nature-Based Ways (Wicca):

The Wheel of the Year: 
[This page has links to all my seasonal greetings for the solstices & equinoxes -- also see near the top of my HomePage under "Links of Ongoing Relevance" for direct links.]
The Burning Times:

European Colonialism:

Individuation, Seeing-through, and Liberation:  Depth Psychology and Colonialism,
By Helene Shulman Lorenz, Ph.D. & Mary Watkins, Ph.D.
Silenced Knowings, Forgotten Springs: Paths to Healing in the Wake of Colonialism,
By Helene Shulman Lorenz, Ph.D. & Mary Watkins, Ph.D.

12 November 2008: a new book by my former colleagues at Pacifica, Mary Watkins and Helene Shulman,  Toward Psychologies of Liberation, has just been published. Please check their Myth*ing Links pages for further information: Individuation, Seeing-through, and Liberation:  Depth Psychology and Colonialismor:Silenced Knowings, Forgotten Springs: Paths to Healing in the Wake of Colonialism. Congratulations, Helene and Mary!

Pan-Slavic Traditions & Beliefs:
Russia Portal Page:

Russian Fairy Tales & Folklore:
    The Stone Flower: [Re-telling of a Russian folktale set in the Urals]
Sacred Ikons:
Music:

The Balkans Portal Page:
Individual Balkan countries/states/kingdoms:

Albania [forthcoming]
Bosnia [forthcoming]
Bulgaria Part I
Bulgaria Part II
Croatia:9/11/01 & 10/21/01 -- still 
Kosovo |||||  Kosovo/Serb Peace Invocation
Macedonia [forthcoming]
Montenegro [forthcoming]
Romania:
Serbia [forthcoming]
Slovenia [forthcoming]
*** For Greece, see under "Western Europe";
for Hungary, see below under "Finno-Ugric Peoples.")

Other Slavic Lands
Baltic States Portal Page:

Estonia:
Latvia:
Lithuania:

Finno-Ugric Peoples Portal Page:

Finland:
Hungary:
(Note: for Estonia, see "Baltic Sates";   for Sami and western Siberian peoples, see "INDIGENOUS: Circumpolar.")
        Hungary/Transylvania Maps Page
.

Classical Traditions:

Ancient Greek Traditions:

Mythic Themes Clustered Around:
[Note: links to more recent new pages in this section will not yet appear on earlier pages -- you'll need to return to this home page for an up-to-date menu.]

Aphrodite [forthcoming]
Artemis  [forthcoming]
Athena:
Centaurs, Cheiron, Sagittarius: (also listed under Star Lore & Astrology)
Charon: (also listed under Star Lore & Astrology). ..12/16/09, 
Demeter [forthcoming]
Hecate & "Dark" Goddesses [forthcoming]
Hephaestus:
Hestia:
Icarus:
Kore / Persephone:
Medusa & Pegasus:
Pan
Poseidon/Neptune:  (also listed under Star Lore & Astrology)
Prometheus:

Ancient Roman & Italian Traditions:  9/10-13/00

Mars in Astrology, Mythology, and Science: (also listed under Star Lore & Astrology)

Celtic Traditions:
Icelandic, Nordic, & Teutonic Traditions:5 November 2003 & still

The Leylines of Nuremberg:
Pastlife Regression on the Leylines of Nuremberg:
The Norns of Norn Mountain (Nuremberg):

Medieval Life & Times:
Arthurian Themes:
Grail  Lore:
Alchemy, Gnosticism, Hermetics: 14-17 February 2010, 

Fairy Tales & Folk Lore:
          Rumpelstiltskin: ..12/18/09, 

FYI: much in this section remains largely under construction -- however, if you check my Search Engineand enter the name of a country or people, you may find links to them scattered throughout my "Common Themes" pages.

Note: also see "Sub-Saharan Africa";  "The Sahara"; and "Eastern Europe" (for indigenous Eurasian, but  non-circumpolar, peoples)

CIRCUMPOLAR:10/9/00; 

THE AMERICAS Portal Page [forthcoming]

North America Portal Page:

Sedna: Goddess of the Arctic Seas and our 10th Planet: (Also listed under Star Lore & Astrology)

Canada's First Peoples:

Native American Portal Page [forthcoming]

Native Americans of the Southwest:  8/28/02, but still a work-in-progress; officially launched 13 November 2002, but still incomplete.

Latin America Portal Page:

[FYI: this page is linked to my separate Lore & History of Chocolate
and Lore & History of Maize pages--these two pages are also listed above under Common Themes: Food and Drink: Sacrality & Lore]

Meso America & the Caribbean [forthcoming]

Mexico:

Day of the Dead:

South America Portal Page:

Amazonian Peoples:
Andean Peoples:  (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, & northern Chile)
Patagonian Peoples [forthcoming]
Peoples of Other Regions  [forthcoming]

AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PEOPLES:

MAORI:

PACIFIC ISLANDERS [forthcoming]
 
 

.

ADDITIONAL META-CATEGORIES

CRONE PAPERS
A Collection of Essays & Other Writings by Kathleen Jenks, Ph.D.
Note: this is a separate section of Myth*ing Links
with its own separate Table of Contents on its portal-page.

23 June 2002, Sunday, 11 am: after weeks of work in rare moments of free time, I am launching a new section, CRONE PAPERS: A Collection of Essays & Other Writings.  The collection comes from my various page-introductions scattered throughout Myth*ing Links.  There are currently 13 pieces in the collection with more to be added as time permits.  Gathering them in one convenient place will make them more accessible to the many readers who have asked me to do this.

10 May 2005, Tuesday, 2:15am: there is now a new subsection within CRONE PAPERS called Notes on Books & Video Games -- this portal page also has its own Table of Contents.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL CORNER

26 July 2007, Thursday, 10:45pm: This is a new section that collects in one place my Factory Farm / Industrial Agriculture pages plus my environmentally-focused pages, all of which were formerly listed in the Common Themes section.  This new section looks at issues relevant to clean air, water, food, and fairness to the creatures who have been here as long, or longer, than we have and who share this environment with us. (Note: if you have bookmarked or linked to earlier Common Themes links that are now in this new section, please note that URLs will not change. I have moved them to this new section but have left older URLs intact.)

9 December 2008: I have added a new Reuters report to my Environmental Corner page. Here is the opening excerpt, which will give you a sense of how significant and forward-looking it is:

Reuters - The worst financial crisis since the 1930s may be a chance to put price tags on nature in a radical economic rethink to protect everything from coral reefs to rainforests, environmental experts say. Farmers know the value of land from the amount of crops they can produce but large parts of the natural world - such as wetlands that purify water, oceans that produce fish or trees that soak up greenhouse gases - are usually viewed as "free." "Most of our valuable assets are not on the books," said Robert Costanza, professor of ecological economics at the University of Vermont. "We need to reinvent economics. The financial crisis is an opportunity...."

 CURRENT EVENTS

Many visitors assume that a mythologist like me focuses only on ancient times, but this is incorrect.  I am also passionate about my own times, especially since so many toxic myths and legends from the past continue to influence (and corrupt) today's decisions.  I hope you'll explore this new Current Events page -- a collection from other sites as well as Myth*ing Links relating to the world we inhabit today.

NOTE: many of the external links are updated daily, others weekly.  In these times of shrinking news coverage by mainstream TV networks, it's all the more crucial that we find ways of remaining informed about the deeper issues.  It helps to know how many others share our deep concerns. In addition to the new Current Events page, below are direct links to 4 of my other pages with clear ties to our contemporary world:

The Three Desert-Born Monotheisms
Wars, Weapons, & Lies: The Dehumanizing Impulse
Artists & Muses: The Creative Impulse
Spring Equinox 2003

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.ABOUT MYTH*ING LINKS
[Why & What]

AWARDS PAGE

CREDITS PAGE

.....8 September 2004: About dead & broken links,  it's impossible for me to stay caught up -- some die within hours or days of my launching a new page.  If you find a dead link and really yearn to see what was on that page, several of my readers have sent me the following "time machine" link that has archived 30 billion pages dating back to 1996 -- it's easy to use and really works:  http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

NOTE: I strongly support:... I'm tired of sites that have stopped coding for older browsers. Many of us -- senior citizens as well as countless people in the Third World -- whether through choice or economic pressures -- do not have computers with all the whistles & bells.  I object to those who consider us insignificant and who create sites we cannot access [8 April 2002, 4am].

Privacy Policy: as of 11/5/06, this site uses a Google cookie that collects anonymous traffic data.  I will not (and will not allow any third party to) use this service to track or collect personally identifiable information of Internet users, nor will I (or will I allow any third party to) associate any data gathered from my website(s) (or such third parties' website(s) with any personally identifying information from any source as part of my use (or such third parties' use) of the service.

E-mail Stuff:December 2001 -- FYI: my only active e-mail address is below --
any other e-mail links among my over 200 pages are broken.

[Updated 6 May 2003 & 6 December 2006]:If you have comments, suggestions, or wish to report a broken link,  please e-mail me at : jenks7ATacdDOTnet, replacing AT and DOT with their appropriate symbols after you copy & paste the address into your e-mail.   (FYI: as of 11 May 2004, I removed my direct e-mail link due to relentless e-mail robot-spamming.) Please note that this is a one-woman operation and my free time is quite rare.
If I do not get back to you, it's due to lack of time, not interest. Please don't ask for homework or research help.  I created this huge website and its Search Engines so that you can find answers for yourself <smile>. You will also find resources on my General Reference page.  If you need further help, please check with your own instructors or librarians.   Thank you for your thoughtfulness.

8 August 2004: If you wish to contact me about including your link on my pages, please know that I am at least 2 years behind and have a huge backlog of ungrokked links.  I am not interested in link exchanges or commercial links but I do try to look at all suggested educational and/or academic ones.  You'll need to be patient, however.  As noted above, this is a one-woman operation.  If I do not get back to you, it's due to lack of time, not interest.

1998: Cyber Nuts & Bolts

*If you're new to websites, please click here: For the Cyber-Challenged.  [Note: instructions apply to PC's with Netscape browsers, but if you have something else, this page will still help you know what's available and what certain things mean.  Hopefully, you'll find a friend who can tell you the specifics of your own system!]
*If you're not seeing a full-sized page because it's trapped as a slice in  someone's  frames, please click here:http://www.mythinglinks.org
*If images don't load fully, hitting the "Reload" button usually solves this.
*If you wish to download art, please be sure to make notes of title, artist & URL for copyright purposes in citing it online (you'll need to do this as a separate action because computers don't automatically include such info in a download).

2006: Artist, Melanie Renn, has created a free online photoshow around a prayer, "As Autumn Returns," that I wrote a handful of years ago for my autumn equinox page.  Her work has a Native American focus and is truly beautiful -- music, art, and words all blend together.  It's at:

http://photoshow.comcast.net/watch/uQ4iC2zy

10 March 2009:

Note -- this photoshow will expire on 31 March 2009 -- see it while you can! -- and if anyone could save this for me, I'd be grateful.  My aging computer can no longer get this to play.

Below is a link to Journey to Wild Divine -- a series of meditative, yet exciting, biofeedback-based video games.  Through my friend Jean Houston, who does beautiful voice-overs at the beginning of the first 2 games, I became the Mythology/Religion/Psychology consultant on game-2, "Wisdom Quest."  Note: I also wrote the novella/journal-style Companion Guide for the 2nd game.  The new owners are no longer offering the $10 PDF download of this Companion Guide but if you are interested in a copy, just contact me directly: jenks7ATacdDOTnet. I love the first two games and highly recommend them.  The third game, "Healing Rhythms," is a series of exquisite settings (taken from the first two games) in which to learn relaxation techniques from Andrew Weil, Deepak Chopra, heart-expert Dean Ornish, Joan Borysenko, and others. I just received my copy and look forward to exploring familiar landscapes in new, healing,  peaceful contexts.

20 April 2004: Below is the Spiritual Cinema Circle, started by Stephen (Deutsch) Simon, producer of Somewhere in Time and other films.  He attends film festivals all over the world and gets DVD rights to films most of us would never get to see otherwise.  I have been a loyal subscriber since their very first month (April 2004).  For costs, free trial, & gift subscriptions, click below (subscriptions help support Myth*ing Links).  If you join, you get 3-5 films every month -- some are shorts, others are documentaries, there's always at least one feature length film.  Most are superb. I don't always agree with their choices but I really love that they're doing this.

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Finally, if you live in or near Michigan and are looking for creative, elegant landscaping
(as shown in the photo below of a lakeshore estate),
don't miss this neighbor of mine,
Mike Collins at County Line Nurseries:

Whether in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, or Wisconsin,
contact County Line Nurseries and Landscaping
for innovative, unique designs for all your residential and commercial needs.

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