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We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for read more
We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for mythology
If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be read more
If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.
There is something precious in our being mysteries to ourselves, in our being unable ever to see through even the read more
There is something precious in our being mysteries to ourselves, in our being unable ever to see through even the person who is closest to our heart and to reckon with him as though he were a logical proposition or a problem in accounting.
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.
We must not let daylight in upon the magic.
We must not let daylight in upon the magic.
Noting is more difficult than competing with a myth.
Noting is more difficult than competing with a myth.
Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep read more
Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.
Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting read more
Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting for our call. We have need for them. They represent the wisdom of our race.
Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there are read more
Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there are as yet no words to enable us to get there. Myth is nourished by silence as well as by words.