Myths are special teachers. They have a unique power to take us into the depths of our own mystic consciousness and to shatter our rigid, conservative and perhaps shallow ideas about life and about our own true nature. Mythological characters represent universal archetypes and give us a context within which we can sensitively and compassionately self-reflect, a necessary practice for those on the yogic path (svadhyaya). They have the capacity to truly meet us in the light and