The Quest for the Golden Fleece
My Personal Quest
Aside from all the public activity, my Personal Quest for the Golden Fleece will focus on fully understanding the obscure enigma of the Purple Fleece, associated with Hercules since ancient times. Faint echoes of this mystery still resound in the present and have finally captured my attention.
My Personal Quest is, in essence, the Voyage of the Argo that Hercules himself leads to win the priceless Pelt of Krios. As it has the potential to challenge and change all of my current certainties, I do not embark on it lightly.
The Sun-Eagle remains the Keeper of the Fleece, whether Golden or Purple, and the Fleece itself has very strong Solar associations, so I begin my journey on December 25th, the date when the Sun is traditionally re-born in the Northern Hemisphere.
December 25-31, 2016
I, Argonaut: Taking Charge
In some accounts Hercules quits the Argonaut Expedition early on, in others he himself led the Voyage of the Argo. In December 2016 I claimed the Quest for the Golden Fleece as my primary focus for 2017 and committed to completing the adventure.
January 2017
Planning the Expedition
Correspondences and Reflections
De-Mythologizing the Myth
What if my Guiding Myth is actually a thinly disguised description of prehistoric trading ventures? What if the Golden Fleece was a symbol for a sea creature or a gold prospector's clever tool?
April 2017
The Phoenix and the Fleece
A continuation of last month's inquiry, with a focus on the Phoenician connection to Melqart, the Hercules of Tyre, and the prosperity his purple dye bestowed upon his people.
May 2017
The Son of the Sea
An earlier, and possibly Atlantean, incarnation of Hercules is detected. He is the Son of Poseidon and has survived in several myths.What light can these shed on the riddle of the Purple Fleece?
June 2017
The Lord of the Stars
An understanding grows of the links between the Atlantean and the Phoenician incarnations of Hercules. The Bull of Heaven and the Elohim, two strong threads in the Tapestry of my Life are interwoven with this new information.
July 2017
The Son of Sun
I return to my spiritual default setting of ancient Greece and Rome, my circle of understanding greatly expanded and my soul enriched. My Personal Quest for the Golden Fleece a Success and I have begun my next Cycle of Activity!
Onwards!
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