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Lecture I.4.2 - Mythic Living [New!]

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Jung began reading ravenously the works that had already been published on mythology, and this thought came to him—what it means live by and with a myth and what it means to live without one. And he asked himself on this occasion by what myth he was ... more info

Lecture I.4.3 - Society and Symbol [New!]

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I think one could define a symbol as an energy-releasing and -directing image, and since the symbolic systems of the world include many symbols that are practically universal, the questions comes up as to the universality of symbol, and then how the ... more info

Lecture I.4.4 - The Necessity of Rites [New!]

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Lecture I.4.4 - The Necessity of Rites [New!]
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Life is a monstrous, horrendous presence and you live on it. You wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for that. The first function of a mythological order has been to reconcile consciousness to this fact. —Joseph Campbell Joseph Campbell begins this talk ... more info

Lecture I.4.5 - Personal Myth [New!]

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Lecture I.4.5 - Personal Myth [New!]
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Now what do you have in your life for which you would sacrifice your life…? What is the great thing? What makes you do what you do, what is the call of your life to you? Do you have it? In the old traditions this was given to people and it held ... more info

Lecture I.5.1 - Interpreting Symbolic Forms [New!]

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One way… to destroy the value and spiritual effect of a symbol of this spiritual kind is to say that it refers to a historical event. A spiritual symbol, a religious symbol, a mythic symbol is valid and true here, now and for always. It is not a ... more info

Lecture I.5.2 - Mythic Vision [New!]

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Lecture I.5.2 - Mythic Vision [New!]
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The mythological realm is the realm that supports our realm. In philosophical language it could be compared to the realm of Platonic ideas. It is that realm of eternal principals, eternal forms which bring forth the passing mortal forms of the ... more info

Lecture I.5.3 - Experiencing the Divine [New!]

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Lecture I.5.3 - Experiencing the Divine [New!]
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When our guiding mythology corresponds to that of our culture, our dreams will be regarded, so to say, as visions. We will be experiencing the divine in the form in which our society regards and cherishes it. But if we are dislocated a little bit, ... more info

Lecture I.5.4 - History of the Gods [New!]

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A myth is a poetic image that points past itself to an ineffable truth and so it can’t be called a concept…. But a myth, a mythology is a total image of the universe which operates in a social context to shape the society and it operates in a ... more info

Lecture I.5.5 - The Religious Impulse [New!]

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Lecture I.5.5 - The Religious Impulse [New!]
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We have a highly differentiated society able to absorb people of many, many different faiths, but that means that the society itself cannot be governed by a single faith. Even that phrase that we have on our coins, ‘In God We Trust,’ does not evoke ... more info

Lecture I.6.1 - Origins of Western Mythology [New!]

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Lecture I.6.1 - Origins of Western Mythology [New!]
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As I say, the function finally of myths is to introduce you by way of the mārga, of the [universal] path, to the deep psychological and mystical the two being ultimately one. The mystery of your psyche and the mystery of the universe is one. ... more info



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