Rivers, Lakes and Data Centres in Irish Mythology
Hot take on the Mythological history of water as a conduit for wisdom and information in Ireland
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Explore "ancientmythology" with insightful episodes like "Rivers, Lakes and Data Centres in Irish Mythology", "From the Vault: Reconsider the Bean, Part 1", "From the Vault: I Want a New Blood", "Funeral for a Bug" and "The Sacred Mountain, Part 1" from podcasts like ""The Blindboy Podcast", "Stuff To Blow Your Mind", "Stuff To Blow Your Mind", "Stuff To Blow Your Mind" and "Stuff To Blow Your Mind"" and more!
Episodes (7)
From the Vault: Reconsider the Bean, Part 1
What are beans? Do they contain the souls of the dead? Can they be used to drive demons from the household? How important are they in the human diet? In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind two-parter, Robert and Joe discuss a variety of magical ideas and scientific facts associated with legumes. (originally published 5/11/2021)
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From the Vault: I Want a New Blood
From fictional tales of vampire thrust to to real-life medical research, the notion of synthetic blood brings with it a lot of possibilities. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe consider the strange history of purported blood substitutes and possible ramifications if scientists ever solve this riddle in the blood. (originally published 10/8/2020)
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Funeral for a Bug
How do insects factor into our traditions of death -- and how do insects handle their own burials? Find out in this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind as Robert and Joe discuss ants, termites, Virgil, ancient civilizations, bees and more.
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The Sacred Mountain, Part 1
Why do sacred mountains exist in so many cultures and myths? To what extent could high altitude conditions contribute to the way our mind processes these breathtaking environments? In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind two-parter, Robert and Joe explore the wonder and science of sacred mountains.
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Listener Mail: The Fires of Orc
It's a new year full of new topics, but first comes a final bag of listener mail from 2018. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick consider your thoughts and experiences on the previous month's episodes.
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Genesis - Chaos and Order
Lecture 2 in my Psychological Significance of the Biblical Stories. In this lecture, I present Genesis 1, which presents the idea that a pre-existent cognitive structure (God the Father) uses the Logos, the Christian Word, the second Person of the Trinity, to generate habitable order out of precosmogonic chaos at the beginning of time.