Semele, Kuṇḍalinī, and the Path of Interiorized Lightning

The Emerald

Joshua Schrei

Religion & Spirituality, Trance, Mythology, Culture, Society & Culture, Shamanism, Arts, Justice, Entheogens, Spirituality, Cosmology, Art, History

4.8 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Stories of lightning and lightning-bearers pervade global mythology. With so many tales of mighty gods who punish mortals with lightning it can be easy to view the presence of lightning in the myths as simply a metaphor for power or brute force. Yet the lightning myths go a lot deeper than this. Across the world, the traditions most familiar with states of ecstatic rapture use a common language of lightning. This lyrical episode re-awakens the story of Semele, mother of Dionysus —...

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. I'm Josh, and this is The Emerald,
0:09.7	currents and trends through a mythic lens. The podcast where we explore an ever-changing world
0:16.1	and our lives in it through the lens of myth, story, and imagination.
0:26.2	The Emerald. All that's happening on this green jewel in space. Have you heard of Semelay and the moment of lightning?
0:51.3	Have you heard the story of Semmelay?
0:57.8	Who longed to see right into the heart of all things?
1:02.0	Have you heard?
1:03.8	Have you heard the story of Semelais?
1:06.6	Who wanted to know the secret heart of nature?
1:10.6	Have you heard of Semelais who longed to see the world unclothed, and so was herself rid of her own skin?
1:18.9	Have you heard?
1:32.4	Have you heard of Semilee and the moment of lightning when all was burned away?
1:40.0	This, my beloved, this, this, this, this, this, my beloved is the story of Semelay.
1:43.2	This is the story of Semelais. This is the story of Semelais.
1:59.6	Semelais, so it is said, so it is said so long ago, so, so long ago.
2:03.6	Semelais was the daughter of Cadmus and Harmony,
2:06.4	a princess of Thebes,
2:10.4	Thebes, the city at the center of life.
2:15.8	And we sing to her, we mourn her, we invoke her,
2:17.2	Semelais, Semelay. Semelais, the young princess served in the
2:22.3	Temple of Zeus, young priestess of Zeus, servant of the eternal blazing light of nature.
2:30.3	Doubtless she poured libations upon the altar, hour after hour after hour.
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