Writing
Erick DuPree’s blog explores the intersections of anthropology, literature, and material culture to illuminate how identity, ritual, and meaning take shape across time and tradition. Blending scholarship with storytelling, these essays invite readers to engage critically and imaginatively with the cultural forces that shape both personal and collective experience.
Encountering Shivaratri
Shivaratri serves as a reminder of the importance of overcoming obstacles and adversities through devotion, self-discipline, and inner strength. It teaches us to confront our inner demons, symbolized by the poison, and transmute them into sources of spiritual growth and enlightenment.
How Ganesha Got His Head
Explore Ganesha’s origins revered Hindu deity—from the conflict that caused his beheading to the divine act that crowned him with an elephant’s head, symbolizing wisdom and new beginnings for devotees.