Wittgenstein once said that "An entire mythology is stored in our language" and we must plow through the whole of it (RFGB). One way to do that is to examine traditional myths, legends, and folktales in order to learn about past peoples and ourselves. Join me, Ann, Ife, and Mason to talk about one of my favorite books, Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis. We'll talk about the Stoic Fox, whether devouring always accompanies erotic desire, what it means and feels like to be "fallen," and what good hugs have to do with epistemology. 
If you need a summary of the original myth, check out TED Ed's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjj_-CPxjCM
Be sure to look at Giovanni Baglione's (1566-1643) "Sacred and Profane Love" https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baglione.jpg and Gustav Klimt's (1862-1918) "Die Umarmung" (The Embrace) from the Stoclet Palace Frieze: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Preparatory_design_-_Klimt_-_Stoclet_Palace.jpg

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