Tannhauser and the Downward Spiral of Ego Validation

The Tannhauser myth has existed since the high middle ages throughout Europe, though it is typically thought of as a…

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The Masculine Epic Patreon is Now Live!

When the year began, I announced I would be creating a Patreon page with exclusive, premium content. Well, now it’s…

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What is Most Important To You?

What you ask yourself is what you will be. Ask yourself nothing, and operate on your brain’s autopilot, and you’re…

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The Judgment of Paris: A Myth of Moral Corruption

The myth is world-famous. At the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, the parents of Achilles, Eris, Goddess of Discord, throws…

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Stay Focused in a Confusing, Modern World with 3 Ancient Stoic Principles

Confusion, outrage, mindless politics, and soulless corporate pandering – these are the things that dominate our world today. They look…

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Antigone vs Creon: Who is in the Right?

In the generation before the Trojan War, the struggle for power in Thebes was the great tragic event in Greece.…

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You Don’t Have All The Time In The World

A few days ago, I learned that a member of my other project, the OBD Wiki, had died. The cause…

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What Pickup Artists Need to Learn From The Odyssey

This is a guest post from Jared at Legends of Men. He primarily writes about masculine literature and relationships, and…

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Habitable Exoplanets – Who Else is Out There?

In his groundbreaking Cosmos, now nearly 40 years old, Carl Sagan speculated at length about life beyond the Earth. He…

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