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Brigid Burke

Brigid Burke is the host of the Chthonia podcast, and the proprietor of Chthonia.net. She writes articles, fiction, and poetry dealing with the darker aspects of human behavior and the esoteric world. Her fiction has been published previously in Writing Raw, Static Movement, Dark Gothic Resurrected, Open Magazine, Danse Macabre, Long Story Short, and Death Head Grin. Her book Death and the Maiden: the Curious Relationship Between the Fear of Death and the Fear of the Feminine is due out from Algora Publishing in late 2019.

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CULTURAL CONSUMPTION: What We’re Reading, Watching, Listening to, and Thinking About – Dec 2021 / Jan 2022

By
  • Brigid Burke
  • Marco V Morelli
| 31 Dec 2021 Filed Under:
Blog, Culture (Transformation), Film/Music, Reviews

Our bodies transform what we eat, and with our minds we re-create and transform culture. Here are some of the works that have gotten our attention recently and feel worth sharing.

New Reading Group: Soliciting Interest in the Subject of “Consequential Reality”

By
  • Brigid Burke
| 29 Dec 2021 Filed Under:
Blog, Culture (Transformation), Mythos, Noetics (Mind/Spirit), Philosophy (Eteolegeme)

Fakes, egregores, and conspiracies are overtaking our perceptions of the world—what’s behind such reality mirrors, and where do the reflections or projections in them come from? Join Brigid and a group of kindred spirits for readings, discussion, and a deep exploration of these intriguing questions at the edges of our knowing.

Chthonia: 2022

By
  • Brigid Burke
| 29 Dec 2021 Filed Under:
Blog

An update on Metapsy editor Brigid Burke’s project Chthonia, exploring the dark feminine; writing projects in the works and expanded offerings

Chthonia Expanded: Living the Dream

By
  • Brigid Burke
| 16 Nov 2021 Filed Under:
Blog, Culture (Transformation)

The struggle is real. Many of us aren’t doing what we really want to be doing. We may or may not hate our day jobs, but sometimes you reach a point where you wonder if you’re not just wasting your time. Income is certainly a consideration; many of us s …

Chthonia Podcast Moving to Spreaker

By
  • Brigid Burke
| 21 May 2021 Filed Under:
Blog, Hide from home page

Greetings to all Metapsychosis readers and followers of the Chthonia podcast! For those of you who subscribe to the latter, I have decided to move the podcast to Spreaker for a number of practical reasons. If you are subscribed through Google Play, iTu …

Medb: A Disappearance and Reappearance (excerpt)

By
  • Brigid Burke
| 13 Nov 2020 Filed Under:
Featured, Fiction (Intensification), Story

I looked at him through the camera. “You have a secret.” His eyes widened. I continued. “It’s not something…bad…but you think it is…. Something about a confrontation with your father. And it has to do with…a female.”

Introduction to the Editors: Brigid Burke

By
  • Brigid Burke
  • Brigid Burke
| 8 Aug 2020 Filed Under:
Blog

I have been an Assistant Editor here at Metapsychosis for a few years now, and on this site I have published a couple of essays, offered one class on underworld mythology, and also currently produce the bi-weekly Chthonia podcast, which focuses on dark …

Exploring Worlds of the Dark Feminine with Brigid Burke

By
  • Brigid Burke
  • Brigid Burke
  • Marco V Morelli
| 4 Sep 2019 Filed Under:
Featured, Interviews, Mythos, Society (Multitudes)

An introduction to Brigid’s new podcast CHTHONIA with a discussion of the relevance of dark feminine mythology for modern times.

Interpreting Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!”The Mythology of Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!”

By
  • Brigid Burke
| 23 Jul 2018 Filed Under:
Culture (Transformation), Featured, Film/Music, Mythos, Society (Multitudes)

Packed with archetypal, mythological, and religious symbolism, Darren Aronofsky’s ‘mother!’ baffled audiences with its disturbing tale of home invasion…and world destruction. This essay unpacks some of the deeper layers of the film from the perspectives of religion and psychology, western esotericism, and comparative mythology.

The “Other” Globalization and Fear of the Feminine: a Mythological View

By
  • Brigid Burke
| 7 Feb 2017 Filed Under:
Culture (Transformation), Featured, Longform/Essays, Society (Multitudes)

In Western culture what is “feminine” has become associated over time with what is evil or immoral… This frightening view of the collective, akin to the archetype of the Terrible Mother, is what drives a lot of the global political and social narrative.

Vis Imaginativa: The Power of Imagination in the Theory of Magic and its Relationship to The Jungian Collective Unconscious

By
  • Brigid Burke
| 20 Oct 2016 Filed Under:
Featured, Longform/Essays, Noetics (Mind/Spirit), Philosophy (Eteolegeme)

The power of imagination, “vis imaginativa,” provides the link between a philosophy of magic and psychoanalysis.

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    • Synthesis of Yoga Practicum
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    • Writing Off the Deep End
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