Getting Wet: Myths of Springtime and Feminine Sexual Pleasure, with Alicia King Anderson, Ph.D., begins March 4
Six session class taught online via Zoom
Tuesdays and Fridays, March 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, and 21, 2025
7:30 PM ET - 9:00 PM ET (NYC Time)
$165 Paid Patreon Members / $185 General Admission
PLEASE NOTE: All classes will also be recorded and archived for students who cannot make that time
Easter eggs, rabbits, and even Maypoles are fertility traditions and symbols of used to celebrate the end of winter and the new life of Spring. While it’s easy to align fertility with abundance, let’s not forget that it also goes hand in hand with sex.
This course will take a deep dive into three myths that focus on feminine sexual pleasure as a critical part of the rites of spring: Persephone’s myth from Ancient Greece (with a few notes about Prosperina in Rome), the story of Amaterasu from Japan and the Guatemalan Mayan myth of Tall Girl.
Expect lighthearted sessions full of discussion and interaction, irreverent towards sex and respectful of the myths and cultures themselves. For the final class—which will take place on the Vernal Equinox—students will be invited to showcase their own creative responses to the special day and the myths we’ve explored.
Alicia King Anderson has a Ph.D. in Mythological Studies and Depth Psychology .Her dissertation on The Storyteller Archetype explores the responsibilities of storytellers. She is a mythologist and instructor based in the Land of Enchantment. Alicia’s fictional works and fairy tale retellings have been published in seven anthologies.
Images (details): Flora and the Zephyrs, 1898 John William Waterhouse, 1849-1917 and Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, John William Waterhouse, 1909.
Six session class taught online via Zoom
Tuesdays and Fridays, March 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, and 21, 2025
7:30 PM ET - 9:00 PM ET (NYC Time)
$165 Paid Patreon Members / $185 General Admission
PLEASE NOTE: All classes will also be recorded and archived for students who cannot make that time
Easter eggs, rabbits, and even Maypoles are fertility traditions and symbols of used to celebrate the end of winter and the new life of Spring. While it’s easy to align fertility with abundance, let’s not forget that it also goes hand in hand with sex.
This course will take a deep dive into three myths that focus on feminine sexual pleasure as a critical part of the rites of spring: Persephone’s myth from Ancient Greece (with a few notes about Prosperina in Rome), the story of Amaterasu from Japan and the Guatemalan Mayan myth of Tall Girl.
Expect lighthearted sessions full of discussion and interaction, irreverent towards sex and respectful of the myths and cultures themselves. For the final class—which will take place on the Vernal Equinox—students will be invited to showcase their own creative responses to the special day and the myths we’ve explored.
Alicia King Anderson has a Ph.D. in Mythological Studies and Depth Psychology .Her dissertation on The Storyteller Archetype explores the responsibilities of storytellers. She is a mythologist and instructor based in the Land of Enchantment. Alicia’s fictional works and fairy tale retellings have been published in seven anthologies.
Images (details): Flora and the Zephyrs, 1898 John William Waterhouse, 1849-1917 and Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, John William Waterhouse, 1909.
Six session class taught online via Zoom
Tuesdays and Fridays, March 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, and 21, 2025
7:30 PM ET - 9:00 PM ET (NYC Time)
$165 Paid Patreon Members / $185 General Admission
PLEASE NOTE: All classes will also be recorded and archived for students who cannot make that time
Easter eggs, rabbits, and even Maypoles are fertility traditions and symbols of used to celebrate the end of winter and the new life of Spring. While it’s easy to align fertility with abundance, let’s not forget that it also goes hand in hand with sex.
This course will take a deep dive into three myths that focus on feminine sexual pleasure as a critical part of the rites of spring: Persephone’s myth from Ancient Greece (with a few notes about Prosperina in Rome), the story of Amaterasu from Japan and the Guatemalan Mayan myth of Tall Girl.
Expect lighthearted sessions full of discussion and interaction, irreverent towards sex and respectful of the myths and cultures themselves. For the final class—which will take place on the Vernal Equinox—students will be invited to showcase their own creative responses to the special day and the myths we’ve explored.
Alicia King Anderson has a Ph.D. in Mythological Studies and Depth Psychology .Her dissertation on The Storyteller Archetype explores the responsibilities of storytellers. She is a mythologist and instructor based in the Land of Enchantment. Alicia’s fictional works and fairy tale retellings have been published in seven anthologies.
Images (details): Flora and the Zephyrs, 1898 John William Waterhouse, 1849-1917 and Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, John William Waterhouse, 1909.