** *For background on the Mayan Fifth World and the Fifth Element, please see: The Maya World Tree Introduction The first five years of…
*For background on the Mayan Fifth World and the Fifth Element, please see: The Maya World Tree Mayan Mythology and Symbolism The Mayan Calendar…
*For background on the Mayan Fifth World and the Fifth Element, please see: The Maya World Tree The Fifth World 2012 Revisited Prior to…
This essay continues the discussion from: What is Progress? Introduction Tabloid press, reality TV, TV talk shows, social networking and, perhaps, increasingly also, modern-day…
Introduction In this series we are exploring reasons for humanity going in repetitive negative loops and we are looking at ways in which we…
What is Progress? In the 1993 film, Groundhog Day, we saw Bill Murray’s character calling the weather bureau from a pay phone at a…
In Mesoamerican theology, the sacred World Tree stands in the centre of the world, vertically connecting three horizontal levels – namely, the heavens above,…
In this second half of the analysis of the film Groundhog Day [1], we will look closely at Phil’s transition and personal transformation. The…
In the context of Groundhog Day, after having reviewed the first part of the film, it is worth contemplating at this point where we…
In the 1993 film, Groundhog Day, by writer Danny Rubin and director Harold Ramis, Bill Murray plays the role of a television weatherman, Phil…
Folklore has the purpose of educating us about the real world as we grow up. It helps children become aware of archetypes in…
This brings us back to the story of Chicken Little and the metaphors within. Chicken Little is merrily strolling in the forest when something…
When we explore folklore and mythology we realize that history is replete with symbols and images of cataclysm, disaster, wholesale destruction and apocalypse. Let’s…
Introduction “World without end”. We find this phrase in various religious scriptures and prayers, including Catholicism and Rastafarianism. It is a Doxology and it…