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What if the Odyssey were not just a tale of homecoming, but a myth of becoming? This lecture reimagines Homer’s epic as a map of inner transformation — a spiritual journey as much as a physical one. While Odysseus’s arrival at Scheria has been read as a moment of symbolic rebirth, it is in fact the climax of a deeper psychic process beginning long before, unfolding through his encounters with Circe, Calypso, and Nausicaa. These women, long seen as narrative detours or simply as folkloric borrowings, emerge as initiatory figures: stages in the symbolic gestation of the long spiritual labor the hero must undergo. At the heart of this transformation stands Athena — not merely a guardian goddess, but a divine presence slowly taking root within Odysseus himself. His trials are not only tests of cunning or endurance, but stages in the awakening of an inner principle: the soul’s gradual alignment with the divine. What emerges is not just a man reborn, but a man who has awakened to his divinity. Blending classical insight with psychological and symbolic interpretation, this talk invites a fresh encounter with Homer’s Odyssey — not just as the story of a hero returning home, but of a soul striving to be reborn. A journey to become fully human... and fully divine. Saturday, October 25th 1pm-3pm Eastern Time (10am - NOON PT). Virtual Non Members $40. ISM Members $25. Email info@ismythology.com for Discount Code.
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