Communities….
“The link that binds all these individuals together into one coordinated super-organism is a highly effective system of communication.”—David …
Category Archives: Joseph Campbell
The Impending Rebirth Of Symbols….
“Symbols hold the mind to truth but are not themselves truth, hence it is delusory to borrow them. Each …
The Ins And Outs Of Shaman-Types….
What a rich vein I opened up with yesterday’s quotes! Might as well work it a little more …
Relativity… And The Omphalos Cafe….
“And since in human traditional rites also a certain psychological readiness to respond to certain specific sign stimuli is …
Need We Read Or Watch The Odyssey Today?…
Sure, fill your boots, as the saying goes. “Are you not entertained?!!” Challenged Maximus to the bloodthirsty Roman …
Moving Day (Still?!) ….
Symphony in the parc… So furniture is still making its way between old and new apartments and the tight …
Moving Day (Or Week) II ….
What a mess! So the detritus of four decades of reading lie in a motley pile against a wall …
Myths Are (Mostly) For Men!….
“A fathomless secret of the cosmic flowings that we call Life is their separation into two sexes.”—Oswald Spengler, Decline …
A Quiet Haven….
Call us lone wolves. Sometimes Steppenwolves. Lately I’ve come across a new term: Sigma males. We’re not …
The Power Of Myth II….
“Knowledge does not enrich us; it removes us more and more from the mythic world in which we were …
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