The Inversion of Our True MythswithBetty Kovacs

Books Mentioned In This Interview

betty kovacs the miracle of death: there is nothing but life margaret barker the great angel: a study of israel's second god jean clottes david lewis-williams the shamans of prehistory bradford keeney the bushman way of tracking god karl kerényi en el laberinto frances yates the rosicrucian enlightenment frances yates giordano bruno and the hermetic tradition francis bacon on the advancement of learning anne baring jules cashford the myth of the goddess: evolution of an image

Betty J. Kovacs, PhD, taught symbolic/mythic language for twenty-five years. She has served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Jung Society of Claremont, California, and sits on the Academic Advisory Board of Forever Family Foundation. Dr. Kovacs is author of Merchants of Light: The Consciousness That Is Changing the World, winner of The Scientific and Medical Network 2019 Book Prize and a Nautilus Silver Award. She has also written The Miracle of Death: There Is Nothing But Life. Her website is www.kamlak.com.

Here she maintains that, throughout the world, original myths describe our connection with an invisible world in which we partake of immortality. This is expressed in ancient cave cultures and shamanistic traditions. It can be found is esoteric culture worldwide. In particular she focuses on myths concerning the Tree of Life. She suggests that this myth was inverted by the Deuteronomists around 620 BCE and that this inversion has shaped Western culture, and caused much suffering.

(Recorded on May 11, 2020)

Studies in the Hegelian Dialectic – https://amzn.to/3dHw71F

Published on May 14, 2020

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