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Mythology of the Self
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I've been kind of getting into this stuff recently, looking into things like Joseph Campbell's monomyth and the journey into the labyrinth.

I'm traveling through India right now and I was wondering if anyone knows of any websites that give a good list of mythological symbols and their interpretation on how they pertain to the self?

Something that aims to capture subjective experiences into a mythological context or narrative perhaps?


Magical things happen when you travel and it seems like I need a road map for whats occuring...


thanks


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If you're frightened of dying and  you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth.

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Re: Mythology of the Self [Re: JackofSpades]
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i would like you to succeed in that ,

i will ask , can you simply focus for long periods of time on the symbols around you with or without a focus inducing catalyst :psychsplit: ? that is where you GET information FROM , and it is GROOVY , or , whatever metaphor is best !


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....I embrace my desire to feel the rhythm, to feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow, to feel inspired, to fathom the power, to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain, to swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human......
Om Namah Shivaya, I tell you What!

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Re: Mythology of the Self [Re: JackofSpades]
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Get The Power of Myth, the illustrated version, by Campbell o whet your appetite. Having given mine away, I accidentally bought  used 2nd copy, but w/o pics :sad:. I also bought (used) Campbell's 4 Masks of God series. This is my new phase of inquiry since I demythologized the Bible (in my mind) with the help of John Shelby Spong's writings.


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γνῶθι σαὐτόν - Gnothi Seauton - Know Thyself

Edited by MarkostheGnostic (12/28/10 01:55 PM)

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Re: Mythology of the Self [Re: MarkostheGnostic]
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I think the basic idea in Campbell's work is that mythology is a kind of primitive psychology, and things like the road of trials and the threshold guardians are things like self-discovery and the parents. The parents are threshold guardians before the world of self-determination, and it is the task of the hero to rip his libido away from the parents, as is mentioned in Jungian psychology.

Stuff like that. I think it's probably way more involved.


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My armour...

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Re: Mythology of the Self [Re: circastes]
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Go to Meherabad, Meher Baba's tomb


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Re: Mythology of the Self [Re: soldatheero]
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Awesome sig. :laugh: I'm going to put that song on right now.


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