“Birth of Hephaistos” © 2020 Cheryl De Ciantis
Announcing New Series: MYTHING LINKS with Hephaistos Semyorka (Cheryl De Ciantis) and Lucida Skytower (Amy Lenzo) Via Zoom
Next Mything Links TBA, 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
This is a new monthly series on myth that combines a kick-off think-piece presentation with Q&A and discussion on the endless amazement of myth, and how myths “work” us psychically, culturally and creatively. Our current theme is: “What we didn’t know about the Greek myths of technology—and why it matters.” What does it mean that the Greek god of technology is a wounded god? What can ancient myths tell us about an ethics of technology for today and the future? Join us for that and more.
Suggested reading, click for downloadable PDF “The Gait of Hephaistos.”
“The Oldest Story” (after an illustration, artist unknown, 1916) © 2020 Cheryl De Ciantis
Illustrated Transcript, Session III (August 30, 2020)
Part III - Myth & Ethics
Illustrated Transcript, Session II (June 14, 2020)
CLICK HERE FOR ILLUSTRATED TRANSCRIPT
Illustrated Transcript and Video, Session I (April 12, 2020)
Part I - Introducing Hephaistos, Thetis and Metis
I use 24 antique, hand-hammered bowls, each carefully selected for the beauty of its signature musical note, over- and under-tones, sustained resonance and mutual entrainment with all of the bowls. The bowls can be placed around and on the body and struck and sung to produce transformatively meditative and healing harmonies based on sacred geometry, conscious intention and intuition This is an ancient tradition, that came from India to Tibet, and may well be more than a thousand years old. It is said the bowls are made from seven sacred metals, each with a unique vibratory signature, and created with spiritual intention by their makers. You both hear and feel their intense vibrations. They seem alive.
Tibetan singing bowls can be used for healing, personal alignment with highest Self. The bowls 'tell' me what to do to bring a person's energy field into balance and alignment with her or his deepest self and the cosmos. In ritual and ceremony, everyone present gains the benefit of the peaceful healing and energetic alignment the bowls bring.
“Cheryl is an incandescently creative person blessed with the gift of actually listening to people. Her grounding in ancient and modern mythology provides fresh and provocative starting points for inquiry, after which she invites you into the realms of your own imagination through wonderfully facilitated experiences with creative media and group dialogue. The experience had real impact for me, and continues to resonate into my evolving story. ”
“I so cherished the depth and breadth of Cheryl’s wisdom about myth. For me, myth emerges from the deeper patterns of life and to the extent that we can ‘see’ and know those patterns, we can consciously work with them. Cheryl’s work is powerful and important.”
“Cheryl De Ciantis, mythologist extraordinaire, shines a spectacular light on ancient and modern mythology and why we need to pay attention, especially now! She brings together invaluable years of theory, practice and wisdom to create a space in which we can come together in community and explore our own myth. Cheryl has a unique ability to foster conversations among diverse groups of thinkers who want to engage with issues of culture and technological innovation. She not only describes ways to take mythology seriously in the design of new technologies but also elaborates why it is ethically imperative to do so. Her insights into exploring the value of the mythic imagination are coming at a critical time in our history. I recommend her highly.”