I’ve been increasingly thinking that True Dragons embody the Jungian concept of the Self in its fullest, most transcendent form. True Dragons are not just individual beings but primal forces that encompass…
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The Lightbringers Quest and Jung
I’ve just been riffing a little today with Jung and Glorantha, and thought I’d look in particular at the rivalry of Orlanth and Yelm, and the Lightbringers Quest. Their rivalry and its…
Jungian Archetypes and Their Gloranthan Deities
I did a little list with the Jungian archetypes from his writings and lectures, and then assigned the Gloranthan deity I thought best applies. It is a fun little exercise, and one…
Good Gods and Bad
When I was writing the RQ cults book, I kept going back to Jung. Here’s a nice little quote from “Modern Man in search of a soul” that is worth pondering: “Every…
The Bad Rain
In the Lightbringers Quest, the Bad Rain is summoned by all the participants in order to transform the ceremony into a heroquest. The Bad Rain is the Shadow of Orlanth – the…
Gloranthan Magic and Synchronicity
In Glorantha, synchronicity is the rule. Events that are meaningfully related occur without a causal relationship. Argrath sails to the Homeward Ocean and meets Harrek the Berserk; Argrath befriends Mularik, a descendant…