Varieties of mythic experience : essays on religion, psyche and culture

Foreword by Robert Sardello.

Religion. 1 The myth of Biblical monotheism - Christine Downing. 2 The heart of Hindu mythos: yogic perspectives on self-realization - Patrick Mahaffey. Ritual and symbol. 3 Rambu Solo': the Toraja cult of the dead and embodied imagination - Laura S. Grillo. 4 Mandala of the Naropa Dakini: archetypal and psychological commentary - V. Walter Odajnyk. Literature and film. 5 Oedipus at Colonus: pilgrimage from blight to blessedness - Dennis Patrick Slattery. 6 Aliens and insects - Glen Slater. Psychology and philosophy. 7 How is psychology a mythology? - Ginette Paris. 8 Legende-Image: The word/image problem - David L. Miller

'We need a sense of myth for our individual and collective equilibrium. Sanity itself may be tied to having some kind of lively imagination so that one can feel the strange fantasies that continue to insist themselves into consciousness in both waking and dreaming states....'

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