Garden of Eden – Annie Dieu-Le-Veut

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The Derivation of Smaug

By: Annie Dieu-Le-Veut October 12, 2017February 17, 2018

MythologiesAdam and Eve, apples, C S Lewis, Celtic mythology, dragons, Garden of Eden, Hydra, Idun, J S Tolkien, Norse mythology, Scythians, Smaug, starloreLeave a Comment

In my researches as a story archaeologist, I often find myself plundering the same rich, golden seams of ancient Celtic and Norse myths that inspired the imaginations of much greater writers that went before me, notably J.S. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. And as I stand there, trowel in hand, before these gloriously resonant archetypal images…

The Unbearable Yearning for Paradise Lost

By: Annie Dieu-Le-Veut December 3, 2013January 26, 2017

Mythologiesfairground, Garden of Earthly Delights, Garden of Eden, Hieronymus Bosch, Joni Mitchell, metaphors, mythology, Paradise Lost, Spirited Away

Because of the bastardisation of mythology into history over the past 1500 years or so, any research on the internet about the origins of the story of the Garden of Eden quickly disintegrates into a wild goose chase for its original location, with any number of possible Mesopotamian locations being offered up. And so via…

The trashing of wisdom in the Garden of Good and Evil

By: Annie Dieu-Le-Veut June 10, 2012February 17, 2018

MythologiesArchons, Bible, enlightenment, Garden of Eden, Gnosticism, Kabbalah, Lucifer, Metaphor3 Comments

What’s not often understood about evil is that it’s never spiritual, but it is always political. It is about trying to make us believe that people who our manipulators want us to conquer or rise up against are essentially and inherently evil because “they follow evil spirits” ~ like Lucifer or the Archons. Our manipulators…