Tagged with myth

Once upon a time, the universe was sacred and unfathomable by simple emanation. Humans accepted the operations of nature as the mirror and counterpart to their own existence. Before quarks and Big Bangs, they called it Spider Woman and Corn Mother. These are not fables; they are hard-won intuitions of something before form. (more)

All religious traditions employ the theme -- Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Jesus, and Mohammad left home. Indigenous seekers go into the wilderness alone to fast and pray. Exile is basic to the great epic literatures. It means setting aside security and comfort and shoving off for parts unknown with no road map and no guarantee of finding your way. (more)

Most critiques of conspiracy theories dispute the author's evidence, logic, and sources, and impugn his sanity, intelligence, or integrity. While such critiques often have merit, they tend to go after the low-hanging fruit. Giving the best of the genre a fair reading, however, the impartial reader realizes that something strange is going on. (more)

Despite the exciting creative possibilities posed by new media, the danger presented by the presence of myth in modern media is paramount, and must be considered outside the mythic framework of industry, which reduces the material world to a matrix of profit and risk. (more)

Myth is so entrenched in the nature of business that it is often overlooked within the advertising rhetoric of capitalism, even if the building of a mythology is the centerpiece of all effective branding.  Myth may be encoded in any medium, but its defining characteristic is its psychological function. (more)

When our ancient ancestors were ejected from the forest's womb-like protection that had hot housed our evolution, the neural system it nurtured was exposed to the kinds of hostile ecological and biochemical environments it had not encountered for millions of years. Since that time our brain has suffered a progressive and catastrophic failure in its development. (more)