Myths are often stories of origins, how the world and everything in it
... How do you take good notes during a presentation? What is mythology? ...
... How do you take good notes during a presentation? What is mythology? ...
Intro: The Dimensions of Myth
... rituals by which the ways humanity and those of nature could be psychologically connected. Many of these myths and rituals are still operative in the world’s religions. Throughout recorded history, the stories and patterns that we call myths have dominated human experience. If the purpose of our exi ...
... rituals by which the ways humanity and those of nature could be psychologically connected. Many of these myths and rituals are still operative in the world’s religions. Throughout recorded history, the stories and patterns that we call myths have dominated human experience. If the purpose of our exi ...
Sacred Violence in the Modern World
... Religious researchers have long puzzled over the “essence” and origin of the gnostic myth. In its original meaning, gnosis signifies “knowledge”; the gnostic view of the world expresses an entirely negative interpretation of human existence. For gnostics, existence in this world is a martyrdom witho ...
... Religious researchers have long puzzled over the “essence” and origin of the gnostic myth. In its original meaning, gnosis signifies “knowledge”; the gnostic view of the world expresses an entirely negative interpretation of human existence. For gnostics, existence in this world is a martyrdom witho ...
Durkheim vs. Bergson? The Hidden Roots of Postmodern Theory
... traditionalist and anti-intellectual religiosity unacceptable to most intellectuals. The gist of both Durkheimian and Bergsonian thought is a profound criticism of the various kinds of materialism that were in the ascendant in French intellectual culture in the Third Republic, at least partially as ...
... traditionalist and anti-intellectual religiosity unacceptable to most intellectuals. The gist of both Durkheimian and Bergsonian thought is a profound criticism of the various kinds of materialism that were in the ascendant in French intellectual culture in the Third Republic, at least partially as ...
Mythology 101 Presentation what_is_myth_2011
... This century has seen the development of crucially important, extremely influential, and very complex “why” theories of myth which assume that myths reflect the same underlying human realities in all cultures and, therefore, are somehow cross-cultural or transcultural. The most obvious instances of ...
... This century has seen the development of crucially important, extremely influential, and very complex “why” theories of myth which assume that myths reflect the same underlying human realities in all cultures and, therefore, are somehow cross-cultural or transcultural. The most obvious instances of ...
