Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

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

The test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations arise.

The test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations arise.

A myth is, of course, not a fairy story. It is the presentation of facts belonging to one category in read more

A myth is, of course, not a fairy story. It is the presentation of facts belonging to one category in the idioms appropriate to another.

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.

A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.

A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken read more

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful read more

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death

What if all the myths were true...

What if all the myths were true...