Claude De Warren

Eurystheus ordered Heracles to bring him back the golden apples of the Hesperides, a garden which was located in the Hyperboreans' land on the Atlas. These  golden apples symbolize the Knowledge whose limits are constantly receding as human evolution progresses. To...

For the tenth labour, Eurystheus commanded Heracles to go to the «misty» island of Erythia located on the edge of the ocean (or beyond) in the far-West and to bring back the Cattle of Geryon. The latter was a monster made of three men joined at the waist.The object of...

As ninth labour, Heracles must bring the Belt of the Amazon Queen back to Eurystheus. This labour marks the culminating phase of the inner fire, the fulfilment of a perfect mastery of life, the realization of holiness. To fully understand this web page, it is...

Eurystheus requested Heracles to bring the Mares of Diomedes back to him. These mares symbolize the attraction for excessive asceticism that constrains the energies of life and must therefore be reoriented To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow...

The Cretan Bull that Heracles must bring back alive represents the ability to contain without artifice the realizing power of the luminous mind. To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow the progression given in the tab Greek myths interpretation....

The six final labours of Heracles concern the most advanced stages of the spiritual journey. Accomplished out of the Pelopponese, they symbolize the end of the process of purification and liberation. To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow the...

The myth of Orpheus, because of its relationship with the mystical power or mystery cult known as Orphism, is perhaps the one from Greek mythology which has generated the most studies and debates among experts, who even take care to distinguish between legend and...

This page offers an interpretation of the myths related to Dionysus. This character belongs to the lineage of Cadmos and Harmonia, and therefore to the the process of purification-liberation. It is a symbol of ecstasy or divine enthusiasm in the first sense of the...

In this page is proposed an interpretation of several major myths : Europa, Theseus and the Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus. More specifically is studied a great spiritual error symbolized by the Minotaur and the labyrinth built by Daedalus to shelter it. To fully...

In this page will be studied some descendants of Aeolus and Enarete including Sisyphus and Bellerophon. Sisyphus symbolizes the sense of effort and his grandson Bellerophon the work necessary to overcome the illusion illustrated by the Chimera To fully understand this...

As sixth labour, Heracles was ordered to chase out the Stymphalian birds. These birds represent the perturbators that must be eliminated in order to achieve progressive quietness in the mind. To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow the...

The manure of the Augean Stables represents the "fallout" from the first spiritual experiences that the seeker must free himself from. To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow the progression given in the tab Greek myths interpretation. This...

The wild Erymanthian boar us which Heracles must bring back alive represents the manifestations of the low vital which must be gradually rejected. To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow the progression given in the tab Greek myths...

The Ceryneian Hind which Heracles must bring back alive symbolizes the purification of the planes located above the intellect. To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow the progression given in the tab Greek myths interpretation. This progression...

The Lernaean Hydra that Heracles must overcome during his second labour symbolizes the victory over desire and the primary movements of appropriation. To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow the progression given in the tab Greek myths...

The Nemean lion that Heracles has to defeat in his first labour symbolizes victory over the ego, from habitual selfishness to physical ego. To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow the progression given in the tab Greek myths interpretation. This...

This page offers an interpretation of the myth of the Danaides, that of Perseus and the Gorgon Medusa as well as the birth and youth of Heracles. Danae fertilised by Zeus changed into golden rain - Louvre Museum  To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to...

This page of the site presents the domains of consciousness that constitute the underlying frame of Greek myths. To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow the progression given in the tab Greek myths interpretation. This progression follows the...

In the descendants of Oceanos (Oceanus) are the Oceanides and the great rivers such as the Scamander and the Acheloos See Family tree 19 Herakles fighting the river-god Achelous for Deianeira - Musée du Louvre To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to...

Hades is the son of Cronus (or Cronos) and Rhea See Family tree 17 Hades holding the cornucopia (or Horn of plenty) - Louvre Museum To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow the progression given in the tab Greek myths interpretation. This...

The children of the Titan Iapetus include Atlas who is the father of the Pleiades and symbolizes the necessary ascent of the planes of consciousness, as well as the descendants of Prometheus who illustrates the corresponding experiences and achievements. See Family...

Crios united to Eurybia. This couple is an expression of the forces which support the divine movement of return towards the origin (ΚΡ+Ι). In his descendants are the four great winds, Boreas, Notus, Zephyrus and Eurus as well as the goddess Hecate. See Family tree 6...

Coeus had with Phoebe two daughters, Leto and Asteria. The first united with Zeus and bore the two great gods Apollo and Artemis. The second united with Perseus, son of the Titan Crius, and bore the mysterious goddess Hecate. See Family tree 5 Apollo piercing with his...

His name itself situates Hyperion at the highest level of the world of the Titans. Hyperion is 'Hyper+IΩ, the highest consciousness'. In addition, the character omega 'opens' this consciousness in the direction of matter for a transformation into new states of being....

The structure of Greek mythology a major key to the decoding process, and is mostly made up of the information given in genealogical trees. Some of the genealogical branches have already been examined in the preceding chapter on the origin and development of life....

The reign of the Titans corresponds to the childhood of humanity, to its golden age before the mind takes over when Zeus rose to power. During the growth of life, the twelve Titans and Titanides ruled over the vital evolution of mankind and the gestation of mind: it...

Typhon symbol of ignorance, united with Echidna "the viper", the perverted force of evolution, and begot four great monsters: Orthros, Cerberus, the Lernaean Hydra and the Chimera which represent the lie, the guardian of mortality, the desire and the illusion See...

The reign of Zeus marks in humanity the beginning of the preponderance of the mind over the forces of life. Simultaneously, humanity entered in long cycles of the mind during half of which the connection to the Real is lost: it is the symbol of the punishment of...

The children of Ouranos are known as the Ouranides and include principally the Titans, while the children of Pontos, younger brother of Ouranos, are known as the Pontides. The descendants of Pontos represent the five stages of evolution of life and the active forces...

The Genesis in Greek myths related by Hesiod include for two different lineages starting respectively with Chaos and Gaia. It begins as follows: "Verily at the first Chaos came to be, but next wide-bosomed Earth, the ever-sure foundations of all the deathless ones who...

Before considering the organisation of the complementary gods of Olympus, we can review the symbolism of the twelve elementary forces sustaining human evolution. To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow the progression given in the tab Greek...

Hermes is a son of Maia and Zeus and the last of the Greek gods arrived on the Olympus. He is the god of occult knowledge which gives access to the overmind. He is always full of goodwill for mortals and maintains a perfect equanimity. Hermes and Athena welcoming...

Aphrodite is the power that watches over the evolution of love in man. In today's humanity, it operates mainly through the destruction of forms. Aphrodite on a swan - British Museum The origins ascribed to Aphrodite, the goddess of love, differ depending on the...

A virgin warrior goddess and later on goddess of wisdom, Athena is the symbol of the quest, of the power of discerning intelligence that contributes to the growth of the inner being for the mastery of the outer being. To fully understand this web page, it is...

Artemis, twin sister of Apollo, is the power of the overmind that watches over the growth of integrity, of the enlightened will. Artemis is the twin sister of Apollo. She represents the feminine aspect of the force of light and truth that leads man towards the contact...

Apollo, son of Zeus and Leto and brother of Artemis, is the god of the inner psychic light. Poseidon concludes the list of the seven gods originating from Cronos. The five other gods of Olympus are the outcomes of unions between Zeus and goddesses belonging to the...

Poseidon is the power that reigns on the subconscious. By the upheavals it raises, it forces a progressive control of the vital. To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow the progression given in the tab Greek myths interpretation. This...

Demeter, “the mother of the union”, is the power that supports the effort of perfecting our nature in order to realize the union of spirit and matter. Demeter, the goddess of domesticated nature and crops – especially wheat, the noblest amongst grains – has little...

  Hestia is the force of aspiration and rectitude. It calls for the refusal of compromise, purity (everything being in its right place), and sincerity. Hestia is the firstborn of the six children of the Titan Cronos, but the last one whom he regurgitates. Her...

Hephaestus, brother of Ares, is the force forging new forms. To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow the progression given in the tab Greek Myths Interpretation. This progression follows the spiritual journey. The method to navigate the site is...

Ares is the destroyer of obsolete forms, the force that severs. It is a strength that the weak fear but that is appreciated by the strong. To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow the progression given in the tab Greek myths interpretation. This...

Hera is the wife of Zeus. She embodies the power of limitation, the one that sets the limits, and encourages vigilance and full awareness. To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow the progression given in the tab Greek myths interpretation. This...

Zeus is the youngest of the children of the Titan Cronos. He is the highest power of the overmind that embodies the aspiration to grow, the expansion of consciousness, the crossing of boundaries. See Family Tree 17  To fully understand this web page, it is recommended...

  The twelve Olympian gods are the main powers of the overmind plane that ensure the evolution of humanity in its mental phase of development. Gods attending the birth of Athena – Louvre Museum Remember that within you reside all the gods of Olympus Origen Thou...

To proceed with the interpretation of Greek myths - keys for decryption essentially include the symbol letters, the elementary symbols, the family trees, and the chronology of the myths. To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow the progression...

  "What is necessary is that there should be a turn in humanity felt by some or many towards the vision of this change, a feeling of its imperative need, the sense of its possibility, the will to make it possible in themselves and to find the way." Sri Aurobindo,...