In the Borderlands Mikael Öberg and Torgrim Mellum Stene

Lunisolar Mind returns with a thirteenth episode, shedding some light (or darkness) on the new moon, the light absent in the skies of this episode’s release.

In this moment of pregnant stillness, in the space between inhale and exhale, we wonder.


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REFERENCES
Eid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid
The Fool Tarot Card
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fool_(tarot_card)
Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi
The Rumi poem translated by Coleman Barks is found in the book Lion of the Heart
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46136059-lion-of-the-heart

We kick off 2024 with a timely musing on the nature of Good and Evil. Does absolute Good and absolute Evil exist? Is the binary idea of Good and Evil useful or does it disconnect us from the actual reality of things?
Your hosts Mikael Öberg and Torgrim Mellum Stene explore this landscape through the medium of a spread of Hollywood blockbuster movies.


Independence Day
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116629/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_independence%2520day
Top Gun: Maverick
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745960/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_7_nm_1_q_top%2520gun%2520
Avatar: The Way of Water
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1630029/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_8_nm_0_q_avatar
The Matrix Resurrections
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10838180/


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REFERENCES
Scapegoat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoat
Azazel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azazel
Satyr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyr
Chakra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra
Shadow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(psychology)
Donald Duck
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Duck
Saint George and the Dragon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George_and_the_Dragon
Ares
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares
Aphrodite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite
Harmonia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonia
RPG – Role-playing game
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game
Amrita
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrita
Pineal gland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineal_gland

It is that time of the year. We sit on the treshold. Between what we know and what we don’t know.
We look at what has happened In the Borderlands in 2023 and we look ahead at what we would like to discover and experiment with in the year to come.
And as an offering to you, dear listener, we end with a midwinter meditation, dreamt up for this moment in time.


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Susanna Salo was looking for a deck of Tarot cards inspired by Finnish mythology, but could not find one. So she decided to make one herself.
More than a decade later, close to the global relaunch of the English version of her mesmerizing and dreamlike deck, we were lucky enough to get to speak to her In the Borderlands. About the creative process, being inspired by dreams, following the inner voice, how the mythology of Kalevala blended with the Tarot system to create something entirely new, and of deep listening.
We even get to draw a few cards!


Ukon Pakka Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/ukonpakkatarot/
Ukon Pakka Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/@mythologiafennicatarot1027
Buy Ukon Pakka deck in Finnish
https://www.salakirjat.net/product/320/ukon-pakka---kalevalainen-tarot


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REFERENCES
Kalevala
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala
Iku-Turso
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iku-Turso_(creature)
Four of Cups Tarot card
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_of_Cups
Smith-Rider-Waite Tarot deck
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider%E2%80%93Waite_Tarot
Death Tarot card
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(tarot_card)
Finnish Literature Society Archives
https://www.finlit.fi/en/archives/
Väinämöinen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%A4m%C3%B6inen
Louhi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louhi
Kantele
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantele
King of Cups Tarot card
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Cups
Elias Lönnrot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_L%C3%B6nnrot
Shadow work
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(psychology)
Joukahainen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joukahainen
Lemminkäinen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmink%C3%A4inen
Tuonela
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuonela
The Fool Tarot card
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fool_(tarot_card)
Metsänpeitto – forest's cover
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mets%C3%A4npeitto
Aino
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aino_(mythology)
The Moon Tarot card
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_(tarot_card)
Noah's Ark
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark

The Yule Goat is an ancient Northern European symbol of the midwinter solstice, a time when the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest. The practice of dressing up like a horned goat for Christmas has many examples in Scandinavian history, though only echoes remain.
Friend of the show and historian of religion Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen has for the past few years aimed to remake a new tradition. Inspired by animism, carneval, Krampus processions in the Alps and samba he has started a Yule Goat Parade in the center of Copenhagen which this year will take place on the 16th of December.
We talk to him and mask actor Petter Madegård about the thoughts behind the parade, the old concept of beings of darkness bringing the light at the turning point of the year, and the importance of renegotiating your relationship with the absolute Other.


Videos from the Yule Goat parade in Copenhagen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqza3EUH0cM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vREcF1Cb-I&t=1s
Nordic Animism
https://nordicanimism.com/


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MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/


REFERENCES
Krampus/Percthen processions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmfQqyXHAeI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSKfdaCIuBM
Lilith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith
Samhain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain
Documentary film about Iceland: Enquête sur le monde invisible
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigation_into_the_Invisible_World
Frau Holle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frau_Holle
Commedia dell'arte
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commedia_dell%27arte
Passion play
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_Play
Nativity play
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_play
Harlequin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin
Folktale: Bearskin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearskin_(German_fairy_tale)
Gospel of Matthew
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew
Vafþrúðnir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaf%C3%BEr%C3%BA%C3%B0nism%C3%A1l
Darshan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darshan_(Indian_religions)
Odin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin

From the busyness of UK screen writer’s rooms to the stillness of the Swedish forests. From mastering the story to serving the story. From performance to ceremony. From ego-centred to eco-centred.

Zara Waldebäck’s life, wisdom and thoughts on storytelling, resonance, relationship and attention are some of the many wonderful ingredients of this conversation. It developed and grew like a mycelial network of association and wonder, sprouting fascinating mushrooms to ponder, while pairing and playfully opposing the invisible and visible worlds in a dance of words.


Zara Waldebäck
https://www.writingwithsoul.org/
https://www.shamanism.dk/
https://www.asbacka.org/


Logo image: Hand drawn sketch of a maturing fungal colony from one volume of A.H.R. Buller’s epic series Researches on Fungi (Buller, 1909-1934).
Soundscapes: Kalimba Atmosphere from Pixabay and Frosty Wind – Nature Sounds by JuliusH from Pixabay.


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TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/

MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/


REFERENCES
Ramlila
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramlila
Ramayana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana
Candomblé
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9
Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making by John Fox
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203839.Poetic_Medicine
The High Priestess Tarot card
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Priestess
Vladimir Propp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Propp
Joseph Campbell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell
Christopher Vogel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Vogler
Echo and Narcissus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_and_Narcissus
Rasa (aesthetics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasa_(aesthetics)