“…As Joseph Campbell (1968) put it, "the latest incarnation of Oedipus, the continued romance of Beauty and the Beast, stand this afternoon on the corner of Forty-second Street and Fifth Avenue, waiting for the traffic light to change" (p. 4). According to Marian (1981), it "is not that modern man has become any less mythic, but that he has unconsciously lived the myths of logic and science. These myths unduly restrict the deepening of human consciousness and help to foster the feelings of alienation and 'exile' so common in modern times" (p. 227).…”
Section: Mythology As the Psychological Construction Of Realitymentioning
The divine was obvious to the ancients, somewhat questionable and hidden by the time of the Greeks, believed rather than known by the medievals, and generally regarded as dead in our own time.
“…As Joseph Campbell (1968) put it, "the latest incarnation of Oedipus, the continued romance of Beauty and the Beast, stand this afternoon on the corner of Forty-second Street and Fifth Avenue, waiting for the traffic light to change" (p. 4). According to Marian (1981), it "is not that modern man has become any less mythic, but that he has unconsciously lived the myths of logic and science. These myths unduly restrict the deepening of human consciousness and help to foster the feelings of alienation and 'exile' so common in modern times" (p. 227).…”
Section: Mythology As the Psychological Construction Of Realitymentioning
The divine was obvious to the ancients, somewhat questionable and hidden by the time of the Greeks, believed rather than known by the medievals, and generally regarded as dead in our own time.
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