“Contemporary science cannot acknowledge even the possibility of meaning and purpose - let alone transcendence - for real mean and tough chicks face bleak facts. This isn’t skepticism but cynicism… It reflects an attitude as beset by blind belief as any religious dogma.”
Source: More Than Allegory: On Religious Myth, Truth And Belief
“Because of the contemporary tendency toward cynicism and fundamentalism, we’ve marginalized our religious myths and made them small and flattened. Consequently, we’ve lost our connection with transcendence.”
Source: More Than Allegory: On Religious Myth, Truth And Belief
“The logical constraints of the human intellect are very useful but ultimately arbitrary. After all, one cannot logically argue for the absolute validity of logic without begging the question. The obfuscated mind, for not being restricted to such arbitrary constraints, can embody a much greater range of cognition than the intellect. Its symbolic character should be regarded, according to Carl Jung, as an ancient mode of thought that has been superseded - or rather, obfuscated - by the relatively recent acquisition of linguistic thinking.”
Source: More Than Allegory: On Religious Myth, Truth And Belief
“It is only through a careful study of mythology, history, religion and philosophy, one realizes that Prostitution is not the oldest profession in the world. Politics is. Both of them, however, are intricately interrelated, just like twin sisters.
The only stark difference between the two is; while prostitutes only sell their bodies, the politicians sell their souls (...as well).”
“Sorry,ʺ she said, her face shining with joy when she saw me. ʺShould have put a sock on the door. Didnʹt realize things were getting hot and heavy.ʺ
ʺNo avoiding it,ʺ I said lightly, clasping Dimitriʹs hand. ʺThings are always hot with him around.ʺ
Dimitri looked scandalized. Heʹd never held back when we were in bed together, but his private nature wouldnʹt let him even hint about such matters to others. It was mean, but I laughed and kissed his cheek.
ʺOh, this is going to be fun,ʺ I said. ʺNow that everythingʹs out in the open.ʺ
ʺYeah,ʺ he said. ʺI got a pretty ‘funʹ look from your father the other day.”
“The symbolic religious myths produced by the obfuscated mind aren’t merely roundabout ways to refer to something literal, but the only pointers we have to a form of salvation.”
Source: More Than Allegory: On Religious Myth, Truth And Belief
“There is no better description of transcendent truths than the religious myth that resonates with your heart. Therefore, the logical way to go about life is, ironically, to buy into your heart-chosen myth with reasonable but not excessive intellectual oversight. The intellect is a valuable adviser but a lousy king.”
Source: More Than Allegory: On Religious Myth, Truth And Belief
“His trust was a part of him, as much as his hands or his miraculous feet. And despite my hurt, I would not wish to see it gone, to see him as uneasy and fearful as the rest of us, for any price.”
Source: The Song of Achilles
“It is easier to be hated
than to face not being loved
Easier to be angry
than accept sadness”
Source: Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters
“The old Gods
may be ash and bone now,
but in us they rise anew.”
Source: Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters