MYTHS FOR THE MODERN SOUL

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These stories are very old. The Greeks told them around fires and in amphitheatres, carved them into stone and painted them on pottery. They have survived thousands of
years because they are not really about gods and monsters. They are about us. They are about the part of us that wants too much. The part that looks back when it
has been told not to. The part that accepts a beautiful gift without asking what it costs. The part that pushes the boulder up the hill one more time. Each of the eighteen stories in this collection begins with a myth you may already
know — and ends somewhere else entirely. The lesson hidden in each myth is not always
the obvious one. Sometimes the most interesting truth in an old story is the quiet one, tucked behind the drama. Read these slowly. Sit with the stories that make you uncomfortable. Those are
usually the ones that have something to tell you. The Greeks believed the gods watched everything. Whether or not that is true, someone is always watching: your future self, the people around you, the part of your
own mind that notices when you are not living according to what you believe. These myths are mirrors. Look carefully