Ralph Waldo Emerson likely became aware of India’s Maya (Illusion) and Advaita Vedanta philosophy after reading Charles Grant’s Poem on the Restoration of Learning in the East (1807). Grant supposed Maya to be a “Goddess sprung from Brahma.” Emerson, who… Continue reading

I remember, in the 1980s my friends took an interest in ancient fertility goddesses, witches, and, of course, female madness. There were the films. Sophie’s Choice (1982) and Frances (1982) killed us all. There were the books. The Wide Sargasso… Continue reading