2 hour Workshop Taught Online Via Zoom
Tuesday, 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET (NYC Time)
$21 General Admission
PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students who cannot make that time
This fall, join mythologist Alicia King Anderson for a ritual workshop celebrating and exploring harvest myths in honor of the Autumn Equinox. We will perform a small ritual together to celebrate the equinox and explore a variety of ways you can bring this harvest celebration home over the coming months.
Over the course of two hours, we will explore the stories of deities who have visited the underworld and returned, with a special focus on those related to grain and the harvest. We will immerse ourselves in the myth of Persephone, underworld goddess of ancient Greece, and delve into the story of Inanna—goddess of love and war in ancient Sumer—and her consort Dumuzi’s journey to the underworld realm of her sister Ereshkigal. Finally, we will unpack the folk horror archetype of the rex nemorensis, or harvest king, often ritually sacrificed to ensure fruitful crops.
From the appearance of the Virgo constellation on the horizon to the “String-Up Sisters” of Orion’s Belt signaling seasonal change, this deep dive into autumnal myth will invite a renewed relationship with the cycles of light, darkness, and return.
Alicia King Anderson has a Ph.D. in Mythological Studies and Depth Psychology. She is a mythologist and coach based in New Mexico. She enjoys teaching ritual theory, ritual design, and offering ways to communicate with the unconscious. She recently published a book, Burnout Recovery through North Atlantic Books.
Images: Demeter Mourning for Persephone, ca. 1906, Evelyn De Morgan; The Harvest" (La Moisson), ca. 1906, Léon Augustin Lhermitte.
2 hour Workshop Taught Online Via Zoom
Tuesday, 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET (NYC Time)
$21 General Admission
PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students who cannot make that time
This fall, join mythologist Alicia King Anderson for a ritual workshop celebrating and exploring harvest myths in honor of the Autumn Equinox. We will perform a small ritual together to celebrate the equinox and explore a variety of ways you can bring this harvest celebration home over the coming months.
Over the course of two hours, we will explore the stories of deities who have visited the underworld and returned, with a special focus on those related to grain and the harvest. We will immerse ourselves in the myth of Persephone, underworld goddess of ancient Greece, and delve into the story of Inanna—goddess of love and war in ancient Sumer—and her consort Dumuzi’s journey to the underworld realm of her sister Ereshkigal. Finally, we will unpack the folk horror archetype of the rex nemorensis, or harvest king, often ritually sacrificed to ensure fruitful crops.
From the appearance of the Virgo constellation on the horizon to the “String-Up Sisters” of Orion’s Belt signaling seasonal change, this deep dive into autumnal myth will invite a renewed relationship with the cycles of light, darkness, and return.
Alicia King Anderson has a Ph.D. in Mythological Studies and Depth Psychology. She is a mythologist and coach based in New Mexico. She enjoys teaching ritual theory, ritual design, and offering ways to communicate with the unconscious. She recently published a book, Burnout Recovery through North Atlantic Books.
Images: Demeter Mourning for Persephone, ca. 1906, Evelyn De Morgan; The Harvest" (La Moisson), ca. 1906, Léon Augustin Lhermitte.
