The JCF Mythological RoundTable® of Ketchum, ID is comprised of people from a wide variety of backgrounds, drawn together by a deep interest in all things mythological. Specific topics may vary each month yet the gathering always includes at least an hour of open round-table discussion. The group is facilitated by Jan Peppler, a doctoral candidate in Mythological Studies and Depth Psychology.  Everyone is welcome!

Patrick Adams will be leading our discussion on June 9th.  If you're the kind of person who likes to read up on things in advance, below is a reading list that Patrick put together. However, you can still show up, (listen and/or participate) even if you haven't read any of these!!! (for example, I haven't read any, but I have seen the movie Journey to the Center of the Earth, maybe that counts?)  ;)

Ok, here's my reading list for "Mythologies of the Inner Earth"

In Fiction;
"Indiana Jones and The Hollow Earth" by Max McCoy
"The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" by Edgar Allen Poe (his only full length novel by the way)
"Journey to The Center of The Earth" by Jules Verne
"The Smokey God" by George William Emerson

In Theory;
"Hollow Planets" by Jan Lamprecht
"The Hollow Earth" by Raymond Bernard
"A Journey to The Earth's Interior" by Marshall Gardner

In Ancient Tradition;
"Hollow Earth in The Puranas" by Dean Dominic De Lucia
"The Book of Truth; A New Perspective on The Hopi Creation Story" by Thomas Mills
"The Kingdom of Agartha: A Journey into The Hollow Earth" By Marquis Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre

In New Age;
"Messages From The Hollow Earth" by Dianne Robbins
"Etidorhpa" by John Uri Lloyd

There's all kinds of ways to approach this strange and wondrous topic that has survived the ages, so I figured I could give out lots of varying reading material to stretch the mind. I will be approaching this from the perspective of the Puranas; Buddhist/Hindu tradition, supplemented by the Hopi creation Myth and perhaps modern science... we'll see where the conversation takes us.

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