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Pandora the Robot
September 1, 2025
Pandora, who had a famous box,
Was a robot designed to deceive.
Hephaestus, blacksmith of the gods,
Crafted a perfect woman as a ruse.
This myth has been repeated for centuries
Yet the moral of the story is not perceived.
Pandora and Eve, First Ladies of Earth
March 27, 2014
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Pandora was created as a trophy bride for Prometheus’ younger brother, Epimetheus. She was intentionally created of earth and water to play havoc with humans. The gods endowed her with super powers, thus worthy of her name which means all-gifted. After her arrival at her husband’s house she opened her famous box (or jar) which was full of evil spirits. Like Eve, she had orders to keep the box closed but her curiosity was too strong. Unlike Eve, at the bottom of Pandora’s box one spirit remained, Elpis, the spirit or diamon of hope. While the evil spirits escaped and forced man to do hard labor, just like the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, hope remained in Pandora’s box. Her daughter, Pyrrha was the first mortal child born on earth. Pyrrha and her husband survived the Great Deluge to repopulate the earth, not unlike Noah and his family.
Can you think of events in your life or in history that remind you of Pandora’s box?
Shape Shirfting
January 24, 2013
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The archetype of shapeshifter is known as an element to build characters for plots in novels. It is also well known in mythology. Shape shifting involves skill navigating between levels of consciousness. It is related to the trickster Coyote in legend, but has less specific goals. In dreams this character can be a savvy guide. Flexibility is the theme and the great talent of the shapeshifter. In therapy or self realization the archetypes can be used to enlighten the eternal aspects of the human story. Another name for this character is spell caster.
My own direct experience with this energy came through a very funny Yaqui friend of mine in Mexico. First he effortlessly got me to wear a medicine bag made of deerskin. I am a very prissy vegetarian and asked him for one with no animal parts. He dangled it and told me it was my medicine but if I didn’t want it…I grabbed it and put it over my head faster than you could say Cachora is your shaman. It was, indeed, my medicine. A few months later he made me turn in my medicine. He freaked me out by attaching a buffalo tooth. When he gave it back with the tooth I was laughing so hard. I remember joking that next I would be wearing an entire coyote head around my neck. He announced that he would be able to be with me at night while I wore the tooth. I do still wear my medicine sometimes, although I have not seen Cachora in years. The medicine fell on the floor, breaking the tooth in two pieces, revealing the center of itself while I was at a hot spring on a personal vision quest. I thought about that buffalo. I thought it was significant, then promptly super glued it back together. My medicine still works and I still think it is funny. It reminds me to check all levels of consciousness before making moves.
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