Newsarama reports on a discussion panel featuring popular spiritual writer Deepak Chopra and magickal bad-boy and comics writer Grant Morrison.

“The conversation between Chopra and Morrison continued, explaining the archetypical characters of myth and their modern equivalents in the superhero form. Deepak Chopra also explained his believes of how the archetypical characters of myth and superheroes all have root and direct comparisons with the seven Chakras of Hinduism. Morrison tied that into comparisons with the core line-up of the Justice League and also Jack Kirby’s New Gods.”

The site is promising a full transcript sometime next week. While this pairing may seem odd, it isn’t as odd as you might think considering the fact that Gotham Chopra, Deepak’s son is Editor-In-Chief of the new Virgin Comics. Virgin Comics plans to introduce a line of comic-books based on Hindu myth and spiritual principles. You can read more about the new company, here.

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