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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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Medb: A Disappearance and Reappearance (excerpt)

By
  • Brigid Burke
| November 13, 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

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  • Brigid Burke
| August 8, 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

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  • Brigid Burke
  • Marco V Morelli
| September 4, 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
| July 23, 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

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  • Brigid Burke
| February 7, 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

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  • Brigid Burke
| October 20, 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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    • Chthonia – Worlds of the Dark Feminine
    • Writing Off the Deep End
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    • Synthesis of Yoga Practicum
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    • About
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Metapsychosis is a project of Cosmos Cooperative, a creative co-op for people with "visionary tendencies." Learn more at Cosmos.coop »

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