“Myth is the system of basic metaphors, images, and stories that informs the perceptions, memories, and aspirations of a people; provides the rationale for its institutions, rituals and power structure; and gives a map of the purpose and stages of life.” PeopleGivingStoriesPurposeMemoriesStagePerceptionInstitutionsStructureMetaphorMythMythologyAspirationMapsRitualRationaleStages Of Life Book:The passionate life: stages of loving Source: The passionate life: stages of loving
“If we accept that we are all cut from the same genetic cloth, all cultures share the same genius. And whether that genius is placed into technological wizardry which has been our great achievement, or, by contrast, placed into the unraveling of complex threads of memory inherent in a myth is simply a matter of choice.” IfsHas BeensMatterChoicesCultureMemoriesAcceptingCuttingShareGeniusAchievementComplexesMythContrastThreadInherentTechnologicalGreat AchievementWizardryUnraveling Author:Wade Davis
“That, of course, was the thing about the fifties with all their patina of familial bliss: A lot of the memories were not happy, not mine, not my friends'. That's probably why the myth so endures, because of the dissonance in our lives between what actually went on at home and what went on up there on those TV screens where we were allegedly seeing ourselves reflected back.” HomeCoursesMemoriesOur LivesSeeingMinesTvsMy FriendsEndureMythScreensBlissNot HappyDissonance Book:Motherhood Deferred: A Woman's Journey Source: Motherhood Deferred: A Woman's Journey
“He[Napoleon] had destroyed only one thing: the Jacobin Revolution, the dream of equality, liberty and fraternity, and of the people rising in its majesty to shake off oppression. It was a more powerful myth than his, for after his fall it was this, and not his memory, which inspired the revolutions of the nineteenth century, even in his own country.” PeopleCountryDreamFallMemoriesPowerfulLibertyOne ThingCenturyRevolutionInspiredMythOppressionDestroyedRisingShakesMajestyNineteenth CenturyFraternity Author:Eric Hobsbawm