"The psyche, as a reflection of the world and man, is a thing of such infinite complexity that it can be observed and studied from a great many sides. It faces us with the same problem that the world does: because a systematic study of the world is beyond our powers, we have to content ourselves with mere rules of thumb and with aspects that particularly interest us. Everyone makes for himself his own segment of world and constructs his own private system, often with air-tight compartments, so that after a time it seems to him that he has grasped the meaning and structure of the whole. But the finite will never be able to grasp the infinite"
- Carl Jung.
The infinite Jung references is the numinous quality of the mysterious and powerful [or what some call holy], which provides the underlying allure of mythological tales and themes because it gives a final meaning to human existence. The concept of something greater and more powerful than one’s self gives one the hope of direction and protection in an uncertain world.
scholar Joseph Campbell stated,.. Mythology explains, empowers, stabilizes,and elevates the life of a believer from a mundane existence to one imbued with eternal meaning. On the most basic level, a myth explains a phenomenon, tradition, place-name, or geological formation but can also elevate or emnbelish a relatively normal past event to epic and even supernatural status.
With the introduction into Judaism of Hellenistic notions, came the new mythological division of the material, perishable body and the spiritual, eternal soul...Mankind in his inventive mind, has repeatedly added and altered mythology to suite himself.
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