Jo Blake: Chthonic Wisdom in the Odyssey #55

“…set out again, with an oar on your shoulder, and travel to a contry where people have never heard of the sea…”

Returning guest and deep friend of the podcast, interdisciplinary performer and storyteller Jo Blake, is back! This time to invite us to look at Odysseus, the classical epitome of heroic masculinity, with new eyes. The story of Odysseus has always been a living companion story for Jo, though she is yet to tell it. We discuss how Odysseus’ voyage goes beyond gender, teaches something profound about the nature of reality and relation, and can be seen as a valuable story of submission, humility and descension.

And last but not least, why most modern retellings of the Odyssey choose to leave out the actual ending.

JO BLAKE LINK
https://jo-blake.co.uk/

REFERENCES

Taiko drums
Pandvani 108
The Iliad
Ithaka
Penelope
Telemachus
Shiva
Troy (film)
Kratos (god of war)
Athena
Circe
Tiresias
Cronus
Demeter
Persephone
Terence McKenna
Mary Magdalene
The Divine Comedy