
Biblical Series I: Introduction to the Idea of God
20 May 2017
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Biblical Lectures
"A Conversation With Jorge Luis Borges" http://www.wooster.edu/artfuldodge/interviews/borges.htm, Artful Dodge (April 1980)
Context: As I think of the many myths, there is one that is very harmful, and that is the myth of countries. I mean, why should I think of myself as being an Argentine, and not a Chilean, and not an Uruguayan. I don't know really. All of those myths that we impose on ourselves — and they make for hatred, for war, for enmity — are very harmful. Well, I suppose in the long run, governments and countries will die out and we'll be just, well, cosmopolitans.
Biblical Series I: Introduction to the Idea of God
20 May 2017
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-wWBGo6a2w
Biblical Lectures
As quoted in Halliwell's Film Companion https://archive.org/details/halliwellswhoswh00hall/page/280/mode/2up (1985) by Leslie Halliwell, p. 281
“One reason why money is a mystery to so many is the role of myth or fiction or convention.”
Source: Money Mischief (1992), Ch. 2 The Mystery of Money
“Dream is personalized myth, myth is depersonalized dream; both myth and dream are symbolic”
Source: The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), Chapter 1
Context: Dream is personalized myth, myth is depersonalized dream; both myth and dream are symbolic in the same general way of the dynamics of the psyche. But in the dream the forms are quirked by the peculiar troubles of the dreamer, whereas in myth the problem and solutions shown are directly valid for all mankind.
“It's a good country for myths. Things seem to take root here.”
Source: Outlander
“I resent your calling this a silly myth. I made the myth and it is not silly; charming rather.”
Source: Space Chantey (1968), Ch. 6
Context: I am Aeaea. To my notion there is no other lady anywhere. And I resent your calling this a silly myth. I made the myth and it is not silly; charming rather. Well, come along, come along! You are my things now, and you will come when I call you.
The Camelot Project interview (1996)
Context: There are certain myths that have persisted throughout the ages, and this one has remained very potent in modern culture. The Arthurian cycle involves numerous kinds of relationships, not only between men but also between men and women. In our rather less structured society nowadays defining these relationships can sometimes be difficult.
Source: Steps to an Ecology of Mind (1972), p. 486
“Well, I think he shatters the myth of white supremacy once and for all.”
Rangel (2005) in an interview on New York Public Television (March 28, 2005): On George W. Bush