Aug 28, 2026 · 30 min · 9 segments
This episode explores aromatherapy, myth, and aromatic extracts through the lens of Medusa: the ancient Gorgoneion, a boundary keeping feminine force that guarded thresholds and petrified danger…
Amy AnthonyHost
The Gorgonian is the Gorgon's earliest form, represented as a disembodied head, which I like to think of it as a head amulet.
And before the ancient Greek-Hellenic polis reframed this as, quote, Medusa, end quote, it was simply the Gorgos, G-O-R-G-O-S, the raw, roaring face of divine feminine beauty.
This is the petrification, the stay away that roars, representing stay away from here, do not pass go, do not collect $200.
Scholarship shows that the earliest Gorgons were not experienced through snakes or wings.
And again, so not experienced through snakes or wings, but rather through sound and gaze.
The Gargonian was believed to make guttural throat sounds, such as a growling roar, a garg.
And when I was looking at these symbols, I was really like, wow, the goddess Kali is really coming to mind here.
Homer cites this head-only form as an entity, not with snakes as hair, but shaggy hair that is animal-like, wide-mouthed, roaring, glaring.
When you really look at the artworks, the artifacts, there are many examples of these.
The Gorgonian is the Gorgon's earliest form, represented as a disembodied head, which I like to think of it as a head amulet.
And before the ancient Greek-Hellenic polis reframed this as, quote, Medusa, end quote, it was simply the Gorgos, G-O-R-G-O-S, the raw, roaring face of divine feminine beauty.
This is the petrification, the stay away that roars, representing stay away from here, do not pass go, do not collect $200.
Scholarship shows that the earliest Gorgons were not experienced through snakes or wings.
And again, so not experienced through snakes or wings, but rather through sound and gaze.
The Gargonian was believed to make guttural throat sounds, such as a growling roar, a garg.
And when I was looking at these symbols, I was really like, wow, the goddess Kali is really coming to mind here.
Homer cites this head-only form as an entity, not with snakes as hair, but shaggy hair that is animal-like, wide-mouthed, roaring, glaring.
When you really look at the artworks, the artifacts, there are many examples of these.
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