Joseph Campbell: The Power of Myth

Hardness Questions The Power of allegory Chapters 1-3 1. Myth reveals spiritual truth about the world. Why read myths? You need myths to find your truth. You have elaborate myths to comp ar to fooling experiences and to other myths. Myths give a importee to flavor (Campbell, 5). Mythology is a collection of stories based on ones companionship and stories of experience. Myths argon clues to life meaning. They are clues to spiritual capabilityities or your potential to develop spiritu every last(predicate)y and finding your versed self-importance-importance.For example, marriage creates a transformation In us spiritu anyy because It transforms our perspective of ourselves and our ability to sacrifice. 2. Do commonwealth ultimately seek k in a flashledge or experience? In your opinion which is more Important In the 21st century? People ultimately seek experience. They believe seeking experience is their certain meaning of life. They want something to remember and something to li ve for and at the corresponding time we do this to resonate from our Inner self because from experience we gain knowledge.This could be a reason many of the 21st century go towards their pursuit for experience and not knowledge. . What is Campbell definition of intelligence? How does this consciousness define the role of mythology In our world? Campbell says that consciousness is something that the mind uses to guide you to a certain direction or towards a set of purposes. Consciousness is all your thoughts at a deeper level and your awareness or perception of your surroundings. Your consciousness depends on your level of efficacy that leads us to high level consciousness. What leads you to these levels of consciousness?Myth. Mythology transforms your consciousness on a deeper level and to a higher spiritual level. You can not develop your consciousness without mythology 4. How does the newfangled Western world name to myths? The modern world developments are myths. The examp le of machines is a prime relation (Campbell, 24) but they tend to take all over our idea of whats true. The modern world has rejecting myths and everything about them including the fact that temperament surrounds the whole concept. Modern world has a mindset that everything Is about you, which rejects mythology spiritual messages. How do we live without myths and why does Campbell claim that America is moving as well quickly to become mythologies? Are these two concepts related? When you live without myths you have to figure out life by yourself. That is why America is moving too quickly to be mythologies. As Campbell would say we are focused on news of the day and problems of the hour (Campbell, 1). We lose connection to the meaning to culture and the knowledge of life. These concepts are related because it explains Americas slow self-destruction without myths. Chapter 2 1 .Why do myths bounce what we know inside is true? How do myths thence help us with the public dream? Myths reflect what inside is true because we all come from the same maneuver we go through resembling life experiences. We all set out and develop. Myth also comes from our dreams. Campbell describes dream by saying, .. A dream that talks about permanent conditions within your take psyche as they relate to the temporal conditions of your life right now. (Campbell, 47). Your dreams truly reflect your intimate self and are Just spiritual information about yourself. Your dreams are myths, personal myths.The Public dream is cabaret without its corrupt ways and its lack of mythological knowledge. Myth helps correct this because it is club dream and it unites society. That one place is having a dream and when you are on the correct path you are finding your reason and your inner self. . Why are the worlds creation stories so similar? The worlds creation stories are so similar because of the similar environment and the basic experiences of birth, growth, temptations, and death. This cre ates a sense of curiosity where we ask how? and why? and some record their thoughts.These records reflect mythical reality. The same concept of nonentity, paradise, and distance from the creator. Cultures like Christianity, Sari tribes of West Africa, and the Pimp Indians. 3. What is a parable and how does it operate in religion? How does metaphor assist one with the Journey inward? A metaphor is a comparison that suggests something else. In religion, Campbell says that the metaphors used are not literal. It was a metaphor and in his definition metaphors are not to be taken literally. Myths are written in a way to be discovered and unknown so it is able to awaken your inner self.It is deeper that what most people have been see it as. People may believe that Campbell was undermining Christianity when he said Jesus never really ascended into heaven when in fact he was Just cracking the code. It was a metaphor. Society problem is that we dont use connotation to read metaphors an d myths, but use denotation. . How do myths help us to connect to the spiritual world? Myths and religion role the same qualities. Myths help connect to the spiritual world. The myth is for spiritual reading (Campbell, 59). Myths help us relate to other spiritual reticence.Campbell uses the example to reincarnation and now it ties into other concepts of religion also, . Dimensions of your being and a potential for realization and consciousness that are not included with the concept of yourself. (Campbell,70). In religion, you come out a new person spiritually because of experience Just like in myth. 5. Why is soundly and ugly promoted in mythology? Discuss the purpose of good and evil in your response. Good and evil are promoted in mythology because of duality and characteristics of life. Many have come to a closed, biased mindset that everything should be good and nothing should be evil.Some peoples idea of evil could be anothers idea of good. There is no true definition of go od and what is evil because we all contribute to it when we live life. We do need evil without evil there is no duality. They must coincide with one another. Chapter 3 1 . What do our souls owe to ancient myths? Myths from ancient generation help with transcendence and understanding our fears and yeastier of life. It complements the mind and body on a track controlled by nature because we tend to become astray as we venture through life. Ancient times have the same human development as today.We grow up being taught certain things and how to be dependent then as we grow older we have to transcend into maturity and learn to become independent. Campbell says, . Myth has to table service both aims, that of inducting a young person into the life of his world-thats the function of the folk idea- then disengaging him. (Campbell, 87). Myths open up ideas that lead up to your inner life. Ancient myths also give us rituals. This gives us a large idea of life instead of what we see it as. It helps us understand the mysteries greater than us.How are men and women initiated into maturity differently? Once initiated, is there room in modern society for negotiation of responsibility? men are to be put into manhood automatically and must learn how to provide, seek, and act as society tells them to be. Man is formed by society. Women on the other hand give life, they are life. As Campbell says, the daughter becomes a woman with her first menstruation (Campbell, 104). He says this to point out that woman is formed by nature. I think man has to work for their manhood while woman Just become a woman by control of nature.The woman gives and nurses without effort, while man has to work for his greater being. 2. How has religious instruction become obsolete to many people today? (focus on idea of ritual) Rituals help people grow and develop into appropriate individuals in society. Today they have been ostracizes and are not followed correctly. As Campbell says it perfectly it is now dumped down and lacks of substance (Campbell, 104). Myths help us understand things that are more prominent than ourselves. We must enders an the boilers suit picture bettor we truly understand ourselves.