CHIRON THE WOUNDED HEALER

dedicated to Kate Mehta

Chiron: The Wounded Healer and the Light Within the Wound

The Myth of Chiron: A Wounded Beginning

Chiron’s story begins with an origin of pain. He was the son of the Titan Cronus and the nymph Philyra, but his birth was neither welcomed nor celebrated. Cronus, in his usual predatory way, pursued Philyra, and to escape him, she transformed into a horse. Ye…