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ARCHETYPAL ASSETS

ARCHETYPAL ASSETS

Innovation in Cultural Cosmology / by Debra DeLeo Moolenaar

  • ✦ When the Veil Remains

    ✦ When the Veil Remains

    Cassandra insists nothing untoward occurred that night.

    debramoolenaar

    October 7, 2025
    Cornwall, Folklore, Magic
  • ✦ A Visit to the Exhibition: The Door Between

    ✦ A Visit to the Exhibition: The Door Between

    The crowd drifted forward. Lillian was taking notes when she touched my arm. “Do you feel that?”

    debramoolenaar

    October 6, 2025
    Cornwall, Folklore, Magic
  • ✦ Between the Prophet and the Witch: Reclaiming the Forbidden Voice of Wisdom

    ✦ Between the Prophet and the Witch: Reclaiming the Forbidden Voice of Wisdom

    He told us this as though reciting family folklore — yet the tremor in his voice betrayed something deeper.

    debramoolenaar

    October 5, 2025
    Cornwall, Folklore, Magic, Religion
  • The Invention of Evil: How the Devil Took Shape in Christian Thought

    The Invention of Evil: How the Devil Took Shape in Christian Thought

    In the end, the Devil’s greatest trick may not have been convincing the world he doesn’t exist, as Baudelaire quipped, but persuading humanity to search for him only outside themselves.

    debramoolenaar

    October 4, 2025
    Politics, Psychology, Religion
  • Folklore?

    Folklore?

    “Superstition, or warning?” Sylvia’s gaze drifted toward the window. “The dead have long memories, Lillian. They walk closer at this time of year. Sometimes they whisper through horses, or fog, or gulls that cannot rest.”

    debramoolenaar

    October 3, 2025
    Uncategorized
  • “Can a Spell Change the World—or Only the One Who Casts It?”

    “Can a Spell Change the World—or Only the One Who Casts It?”

    If we performed it, Venus herself might soften Wren’s heart — and with him, the town.

    debramoolenaar

    October 1, 2025
    Cornwall, Magic
  • Singing Mermaids and Medieval Minds

    Singing Mermaids and Medieval Minds

    The contrast sharpened when they spoke of Merlin.

    debramoolenaar

    September 30, 2025
    Cornwall, Folklore, Literature, Magic
  • The Song at Lizard Point

    The Song at Lizard Point

    “I see no scaled maidens, Sylvia—only the play of light and wave. Though…” She paused. “There is a pattern.

    debramoolenaar

    September 29, 2025
    Cornwall, Folklore, Magic
  • What Is Magic — and Who Uses It, and Why?

    What Is Magic — and Who Uses It, and Why?

    We use magic not simply to predict or control, but to orient ourselves in a world that often feels overwhelming.

    debramoolenaar

    September 28, 2025
    Astrology, Cornwall, Cosmology and Divination, Magic
  • Magic, Medicine, and Belief: Medieval Hodgepodge and Modern Echoes

    Magic, Medicine, and Belief: Medieval Hodgepodge and Modern Echoes

    The painting Love Magic (1478–80), now in the Museum der Bildenden Kunst in Leipzig, offers a striking entry point into the medieval entanglement of science, religion, and magic. A young woman, nude but for delicate shoes and a transparent veil, sprinkles powder over what appears to be a heart in a casket. In the fifteenth century, the…

    debramoolenaar

    September 20, 2025
    Magic, Psychology, Religion
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