Season 95, Episode 1140: When Perception Becomes Projection: The Odyssey Monologue Series with Jay Doran

Do we see people as they actually are or as our experiences have trained us to expect them to be? Episode 8 of The Odyssey Series explores Circe, projection, human appetite, trauma, discernment, mercy, and the difficulty of seeing another person without reducing them to one part of their nature. When Odysseus’s men arrive at Circe’s home without their leader, their hunger overwhelms their perception. They see food and fail to recognize the warning signs around them. Circe sees something dif...