Today is New Year in the Chinese system, it will mark the beginning of the one year in 12 presided over by a mythical creature – the dragon.
To the western mind, the dragon was always something to be feared, the fear of dragons living at the edge of the world, “there be dragons”. Though the medieval knight, as a hero, would seek to fight the dragon as an honour. This was as a moral victory, often set in a spiritual journey to spiritual perfection. The myth was that of the knight slaying a dragon to save a maiden. In psychology we would often use phrases such as “facing your dragons” as clients come to terms with their fears and phobias. St George, the patron saint of England, was the quintessential hero and dragon slayer.



























