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Episode Forty-Four: The Soldier and the Sage
The yogis of Alexander’s India sat in silence, naked in the sun.
Resistance and Mass Hysteria
One of the things a writer realizes when she first becomes aware of her own Resistance—her internal, diabolical pull toward self-sabotage—is that it’s a dangerous world … not just “out there,” but “in here.”
Episode Forty-Three: The Naked Wise Men
“I have conquered the need to conquer the world” means “I have defeated the dark side of the Warrior Archetype within me.”
Episode Forty-Two: A Servant of Strife
Some protest war. Others, like Telamon, embrace it even as they hate it.
Resistance and Dreams #2
Picking up from last week, the dream described in that post has helped a little. But I’m still being hammered by self-doubt about this new book.
Episode Forty-One: The Universal Soldier
Are warriors the same in all centuries, in all nations?
Episode Forty: The Archetypal Soldier
In this episode, we’ll go beyond the virtuous Spartans and the preeminent Alexander to a figure more like our own conflicted selves–my recurring fictional character, Telamon of Arcadia.
Resistance and Dreams
I’m starting a new book and Resistance is beating the hell out of me.
Episode Thirty-Nine: The Afghan Campaign
When a “civilized” army like Alexander’s confronts a primitive tribal foe (as Alexander did in the Afghan kingdoms in the 330s B.C.), it often sinks to the level of brutality and pitilessness of its enemy.
Episode Thirty-Eight: Limits of the Warrior Archetype
Alexander’s Macedonians–and even the Spartans themselves–saw their virtue crumble as they achieved preeminence over others.
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