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Tag Archives: Carl Jung
The Mythology of Easter III: The Mythical Meaning of the Resurrection
In yesterday’s post I first concluded that the story of Christ’s resurrection would not have originated by transferring the earlier motif of dying and rising gods to form the epilogue to Christ’s death, but in the end concluded that they, … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Holidays, Mythology
Tagged Carl Jung, Christ, Dioscuri, Dundes, Easter, Edinger, Emperor's cult, Gospel of Peter, higher self, holidays, introversion, Jesus, Joseph Campbell, meditation, Mithras, mysteries, mythology, Osiris, Parzival, psychic energy, Resurrection, Resurrection of Christ, self, St. Paul, wasteland, Wolfram
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Light and Dark Personal Mythology in Current Events
These days we ponder what should be the “new myths” in light of our modern-day reality, but upon reflection we can see that many already exist and are playing themselves out on the public stage, in the form of people’s “personal … Continue reading
Posted in Mythology, The New Myths/Global Myths
Tagged Carl Jung, don quixote, Joseph Campbell, mythology, new myths, Ortega y Gasset, personal mythology
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My Lecture at Theosophical Society on Esoteric Christianity and the Garden of Eden Story Now Available on YouTube and the Society’s Website
The video of my October 29 lecture at the Theosophical Society in America about Esoteric Christianity and the Garden of Eden Story (including my PowerPoint slides) is now up on YouTube, as well as on the Society’s Website. It is … Continue reading
Mythology’s Rightful Place in Biblical Criticism
While watching the address of Pope Francis to our lawmakers in Congress yesterday, I was impressed by how deftly he invoked the figure of Moses to point out that, as a lawgiver at the earthly level he brought justice to … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Mythology
Tagged Alan Watts, biblical criticism, Carl Jung, Christ, D. Andrew Kille, garden of eden, Jacob and Esau, John Domonic Crossan, Joseph Campbell, mythological biblical criticism, mythology, mythopolemics, Phil Cousineau, Pope Francis, psychological biblical criticism, The Mythology of Eden, Wayne Rollins
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The New Myths: A Conversation with Willi Paul
I just completed an interesting online conversation in PlanetShifter Magazine with mythologist Willi Paul in which we interviewed each other on the subject of the “new myths.” Many of Willi’s questions to me are based on my June 23 post below. You … Continue reading
Posted in The New Myths/Global Myths
Tagged Allan Combs, archetypes, Carl Jung, depth psychology, Ken Wilber, new myths, old myths, Willi Paul
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