Category Archives: Fundamentalism/Literalism
Myth & Justice VI.6 (“Restorative Justice”)
The six installments in this “Myth & Justice VI” blog post are all connected to the idea of empathy as a rational concern for the plight or well-being of the other or others. These and the previous series installments have … Continue reading
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Myth & Justice VI.4 (“In God/dess We Trust – Part II”)
This entry briefly turns to one of literature’s greatest epics to shed further light on ideas expressed in the last blog. Upon his return home in The Odyssey, Odysseus lays waste to the suitors who have plagued his court in … Continue reading
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Myth & Justice VI.3 (“In God/dess We Trust?”)
The first entry to this series of blogs on Myth and Justice was entitled “Image is Everything” and concerned how our judicial process is very much a mythic process. The robe worn by the judge in the courtroom transforms him … Continue reading
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Myth & Justice II (“Roman Polanski & The Goddess Justice”)
The last blog entry entitled Myth & Justice (“Image is Everything”) argued in essence that “everything is image.” The language, motifs, and images with which we surround ourselves come from deeply felt needs and intuitions within the psyche, or unconscious. … Continue reading
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Mythfire Responds (“Don’t Spook The Locals!”)
A reader recently sent in an email to Mythfire with this question: Been enjoying your blog. About that “sin of literalism,” isn’t it equally a sin to go too far to the other extreme (and what would you call that?)? … Continue reading