tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post113662180533978627..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Myth-making in an age of reasonJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-41194191310720354112007-06-16T10:28:00.000+05:302007-06-16T10:28:00.000+05:30fabulous review.an amazing trove of reading in Arm...fabulous review.<BR/><BR/>an amazing trove of reading in Armstrong & Atwood: the way they address the anthropology of mankind... how the split of mind & body... society & self are bridged through intricate tales of intrigue...<BR/><BR/>to communicate history, role, society, wisdom & cautionary tales of experience... between people, across Time... we're fools to judge the wisdoms before our Time<BR/><BR/>Classics endured... & so might we.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://thiscanadian.typepad.com/this_canadian/2007/06/kerygmatic_mode.html" REL="nofollow">thank you</A><I>!</I><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><I>Spread Love...<BR/> ... but wear the Glove!</I><BR/><BR/><B>BlueBerry Pick'n</B><BR/>can be found @<BR/><A HREF="http://www.ThisCanadian.com" REL="nofollow">ThisCanadian</A><BR/><I>"Silent Freedom is Freedom Silenced"</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1136842099982631032006-01-10T02:58:00.000+05:302006-01-10T02:58:00.000+05:30The works of Joseph Campbell are worth mentioning ...The works of Joseph Campbell are worth mentioning in this regard. Campbell built on some of Jung's ideas about archetypes and wrote about the universal quality of myths. Studying mythologies of various cultures including several American Indian mythologies, he examines myths of heroic achievement, myths of the coming of age of youth etc. and tells them in a timelessly, relevant and contextual way in books such as "Myths to Live By". Of course, it is a well known fact that the Star Wars stories was influenced by Joseph Campbell's writings just as he himself took interest in the movies.<BR/>There was also a wonderful series of conversations with Bill Moyers that are now available in DVD form as well as a coffee table book called The Power of Myth.Warriors of the Rainbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16702324719500454654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1136705208664260922006-01-08T12:56:00.000+05:302006-01-08T12:56:00.000+05:30good one. hmm...perhaps that explains 'one night @...good one. hmm...perhaps that explains 'one night @ the call center' and why the book is working despite a incredulus plot. agree?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1136696595224667222006-01-08T10:33:00.000+05:302006-01-08T10:33:00.000+05:30And then there's geo-mythology: a study of story o...And then there's geo-mythology: a study of story or folk-lore to understand how they might have described natural phenomena without attaching dates and maps and diagrams. Recent interest because of tsumanis.<BR/><BR/>Margaret Atwood doesn't do it so much, but Winterson's always mythologised her stories a bit--esp Sappho, for obvious reasons. There's also Marguerite Youcenaur's Fires...so I'm wondering why the series?Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1136658239159196862006-01-07T23:53:00.000+05:302006-01-07T23:53:00.000+05:30Agree with Brendan. Alok, I think you're being a l...Agree with Brendan. Alok, I think you're being a little close-minded. And do you really believe myths can't be enlightening too? Drop the Proust for a day and turn to Pratchett! You might enjoy it. You might even *shudder* be enlightened :)<BR/><BR/>JAP: I christian thee Already Enlightened.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1136657365148935382006-01-07T23:39:00.000+05:302006-01-07T23:39:00.000+05:30With all due respect, Alok, I think you miss Armst...With all due respect, Alok, I think you miss Armstrong's entire point. John Kennedy once said that "the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie . . . but the myth."<BR/><BR/>But Kennedy’s use of the word myth, like yours, is modern & skeptical: myth = the untrue. Armstrong’s idea is ancient, spiritual, and rehabilitative. She writes that myth “is about the unknown; it is about that for which initially we have no words. Myth therefore looks into the heart of a great silence.” “All mythology speaks of another plane that exists alongside our own world, and that in some sense supports it.”<BR/><BR/>What is myth except a certain kind of storytelling, a certain kind of explaining not suitable to science? How is that different from the role of literature, modern or otherwise?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1136655555339616322006-01-07T23:09:00.000+05:302006-01-07T23:09:00.000+05:30Hmm.. Will pick up Armstrong's book, since I've re...Hmm.. Will pick up Armstrong's book, since I've read her other works. But the best books (and documenatries) I've read on this subject are the ones by the late Joseph Campbell. A true master.Quizmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11954917456386552531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1136654014045527232006-01-07T22:43:00.000+05:302006-01-07T22:43:00.000+05:30I was a little surprised to see the author's descr...I was a little surprised to see the author's description of literature as myth-making tool for modern age. I thought literature's role was to enlighten, to make us see beyond myths. <BR/><BR/>I am not an expert on Eliot but calling him a myth-maker just because he used some ancient myths as metaphors is surely wrong. And Orwell and Conrad were nothing but myth-busters, those of politics and modern age. <BR/><BR/>Modern literature, perhaps even more than Science, has been responsible for freeing us from a life protected by myths. <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375752633/103-4307814-7094209?v=glance&n=283155" REL="nofollow"> This</A> is a very good book which explores similar themes.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1136638669793025132006-01-07T18:27:00.000+05:302006-01-07T18:27:00.000+05:30Gorblimey. All these days I thought this was obvio...Gorblimey. All these days I thought this was obvious. I mean, a god who works his wicked will in a shower of gold? A god who lifts a mountain on a single finger? Allegory, parable, the presentation of popular perceptions of another time.<BR/><BR/>Except that the Flood is common to all mythologies and is therefore taken to have historic basis. And Atlantis ...?<BR/><BR/>J.A.P.J. Alfred Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16446127543417759542noreply@blogger.com