#124 | Melanie Reinhart | The Mysteries of the 12th House

Melanie Reinhart joins me once more to speak into and from the 12th house of the wheel of houses. The episode itself is a wonderful example of how that which we talk about can sometimes be 'conjured up' by our speech. This is something that Gregory Bateson called a 'metalogue' - a word introduced to me by Melanie many moons ago. Our metalogue was a disruption from the gods of technology who seemed to think that some of what we shared was best kept in silence. And so we were kicked off the call at a particularly poignant moment in this one. None-the-less, the essence of the house was thoroughly explored. And we share with you whatever the deities allow us to reveal. This completes our 'series within a series' on the water houses - those elusive and hard to grasp places of reality. I'm forever grateful to Melanie for her generosity of spirit in sharing her depth of wisdom with us on the podcast. The image for the podcast cover is from Patron of the show, Lucy Dodd. It's a piece she calls "Sun Moon and Mermaid" made with, in her words, 'Iron oxide and Copper ink, blue spirulina, cochineal and some other stuff.' She completed it just as our Iron John episodes were released. REFERENCESAuthors & ThinkersGregory Bateson → Concept of metalogue → https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_BatesonCarl Jung → Concept of the numinous → https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NuminousDane Rudhyar → The Astrological Houses: The Spectrum of Individual Experience (also published as New Mansions for New Men)David Abram → Cultural perception / reality frameworks → https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_AbramC. A. Meier → Ancient Incubation and Modern Psychotherapy (republished as Healing Dream and Ritual)Brian Clark → Rewilding the psyche (concept referenced)Mythological Sources & FiguresHyginus → Fabulae (mythographical fragments)Dionysus → Greek god of ecstasy, twice-born myth → https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Dionysos.htmlAsclepius → Greek god of healing and incubation temples → https://www.theoi.com/Ouranios/Asklepios.htmlAriadne → Associated with Dionysus, labyrinth, and Corona BorealisRiver Lethe & Mnemosyne → Rivers of forgetfulness and memory in the underworldChiron & Chariklo → Centaur healer and his consort (associated with weaving/spinning)Join the Newsletter!Podcast Musician: Marlia CoeurPlease consider becoming a Patron to support the show!Go to OnTheSoulsTerms.com for more.