Back in June, my family and I went to my first New Age Expo and had the opportunity to talk to a bunch of people of different belief systems and try to figure out what they believed. I talked to someone selling crystals, someone selling magic mushrooms, an energy healer, and some Hari Krishna dudes.... Continue Reading →
Blog: Epic the Musical’s “Ruthlessness” and the Pagan Mindset.
Last year, I became aware of an online musical called Epic by Jorge Revera-Herrans, which is a musical retelling of Homer's The Odyssey. What sets it apart from other musicals is that it isn't an actual play but is nine albums of four songs each that focus on different parts of The Odyssey, with the... Continue Reading →
Blog/Review/Mythology: Reading Greek Mythology Hits Different Now…
As I think most of you know that I was in the Percy Jackson fandom for a long time, primarily from middle school to the beginning of high school. Most of this was because it was Greek mythology - which I already liked - turned into a fun story with snarky teenagers narrating and I... Continue Reading →
Mythology: A Character Analysis of Achilles
Everyone knows who Achilles is, as he is one of the most famous heroes in Greek mythology. His story has inspired countless retellings in the form of plays, books, and movies. However, though his name is renowned throughout literature, his true character is not. Though he performed many heroic acts, he was also one of... Continue Reading →
Mythology: Ganymede is Tragic and Zeus is the God of Public School Teachers.
On September 26, Rick Riordan - in what I can only guess was perhaps a desperate attempt to write a backup book in case The Sun and the Star did poorly (which it did) - released a new book called Percy Jackson and the Chalice of the Gods. This book centers around an 18-year-old Percy... Continue Reading →
Review: The Trials of Apollo Openly Marked the End of Sanity (Spoilers)
If you thought my review of The Heroes of Olympus was bad, this one is going to be much worse. The Trials of Apollo was the gayest series in the Riordanverse (next to Magnus Chase and The Sun and the Star) and while it stuck farily well to the plot (thankfully it had a plot),... Continue Reading →
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