Myths Among Us: When Timeless Tales Return to Life
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Authors
Chalquist, Craig
Issue Date
2018
Type
Book
Language
en
Keywords
JFK School of Psychology and Social Sciences
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Abstract
The world is indeed enchanted--but you wouldn't know that from the unimaginative ways we learn to think about it! The magic becomes visible in myth: myth not as outworn science or cold ideology, but as the language of past and present humanity. Myth reveals through story and ritual the perennial presences that haunt us until we learn how to listen for them and respond creatively to their summons. Offering an applied practical course on world mythology, Myths Among Us retells more than 100 traditional tales to examine how the plots, images, and motifs of myth dwell among us today: in our dreams, conflicts, families, relationships; in film, politics, industry, and finance; and in current events whose innermost workings the lens of myth allows us to discover.