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The Four functions of a living myth and the evening news
In The Masks of God: Creative Mythology, 1968, Joseph Campbell identified four major functions of a “living myth:” 1) ” To awaken and maintain in the individual an experience of awe, humility, and...
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More notes from the Wasteland
Joseph Campbell considered the Wasteland and the quest for the Grail that heals it to be a core myth for our time. During “The Power of Myth” series at the end of his life, Campbell said the...
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The American Monomyth
In my so far disappointing effort to make sense of Tumblr, I have at least found several intriguing posts, including this one from josephcampbellwasright.tumblr.com called “The American Monomyth.” The...
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Notes from 2017 – A New Year
At midnight tonight, something changes – in our minds, and nowhere else. It’s like a graffiti artist once wrote on a step of the local library: “Time does not exist, only clocks exist.” That could be...
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Notes on Truth
George Washington and the cherry tree One time when I was four or five and caught in a lie, my parents admonished me with the story of George Washington and the cherry tree. I do not know if they...
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A change coming
Sir Galahad, the Quest for the Holy Grail, by Arthur Hughes, 1870, public domain. I’ve been enjoying the recording of a discussion at a conference with James Hillman and Michael Meade on literal,...
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Last night I dreamed Roy Rogers died…
Roy Rogers was my first boyhood hero. For a time, around the age of three or four, I refused to answer to “Morgan,” insisting that my parents call me Roy. Me as Roy, probably age 4. No matter that any...
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Fear in a Handful of Dust
T.S. Eliot, 1934. Public Domain. And I will show you something different from either Your shadow at morning striding behind you Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you; I will show you fear in...
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