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Schelling war einer der wenigen Philosophen seiner Zeit, die versuchten, den Eigenwert der Mythen zu rehabilitieren, indem er zeigte, dass Mythen nicht nur bizarre Fiktionen der menschlichen Imagination sind, sondern die Seinsformen des religiösen Bewusstseins. Schellings Schriften zum Problem der Mythologie sind im Kontext der in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts geführten Debatte über den Ursprung der Mythen zu verstehen. F. Creuzer war ein bedeutender Autor, der den vorherrschenden Hellenozentrismus der klassischen Philologie in Frage stellte. Schelling kannte die Arbeit von Creuzer, und viele seiner Texte können als Dialog mit dem Philologen verstanden werden. Fernando Wirtz untersucht die dunkle Seite der Schellingschen Philosophie, eine Philosophie, die sich dem Bereich der Irrationalität und der Angst nähert. Der Begriff der Angst bezieht sich auf die Erfahrung des religiösen Bewusstseins, das von den Bildern seiner Andersheit überrascht wird. In diesem Sinne hört die Philosophie auf, eine rein diskursive Aufgabe zu sein und wird zu einer Phänomenologie der Angst.

Comparing and evaluating modern theories of myth, this book offers an overview of explanations of myth from the social sciences and the humanities.This ambitious collection of essays uses the viewpoints of a variety of disciplines - psychology, anthropology, sociology, politics, philosophy, religious studies, and literature. Each discipline advocates a generalization about the origin, the function, and the subject matter of myth. The subject is always not what makes any myth distinct but what makes all myths'myth'. The book is divided into five sections, covering topics such as myth and psychoanalysis, hero myths, myth and science, myth and politics, and myth and the physical world. Chapters engage with an array of theorists--among them, Freud, Jung, Campbell, Rank, Winnicott, Tylor, Frazer, Malinowski, Levy-Bruhl, Levi-Strauss, Harrison, and Burkert. The book considers whether myth still plays a role in our lives is one of the issues considered, showing that myths arise anything but spontaneously. They are the result of a specific need, which varies from theory to theory.This is a fascinating survey by a leading voice in the study of myth. As such, it will be of much interest to scholars of myth and how it interacts with Sociology, Anthropology, Politics and Economics.

Explore the mysteries of myth with a master In these pages, the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell presents twelve eclectic, far-ranging, and brilliant essays gathered together for the first time. The essays explore myth in all its dimensions: its history; its influence on art, literature, and culture; and its role in everyday life. This second volume of Campbell's essays (following The Flight of the Wild Gander) brings together his uncollected writings from 1959 to 1987. Written at the height of Campbell's career―and showcasing the lively intelligence that made him the twentieth century's premier writer on mythology―these essays investigate the profound links between myth, the individual, and societies ancient and contemporary. Covering diverse terrain ranging from psychology to the occult, from Thomas Mann to the Grateful Dead, from Goddess spirituality to Freud and Jung, these playful and erudite writings reveal the threads of myth woven deeply into the fabric of our culture and our lives.

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Discover Myth'There's no one quite like Joseph Campbell. He knows the vast sweep of man's panoramic past as few men have ever known it.'--The Village VoiceJoseph Campbell famously compared mythology to a kangaroo pouch for the human mind and spirit:'a womb with a view.'In Myths to Live By, he examines all of the ways in which myth supports and guides us, giving our lives meaning. Love and war, science and religion, East and West, inner space and outer space — Campbell shows how the myths we live by can reconcile all of these pairs of opposites and bring a sense of the whole.This classic has been newly illustrated and annotated in its first new edition since its original publication, which also marks the first ebook in the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell series. In the tradition of The Power of Myth and Pathways to Bliss, Myths to Live By remains one of Joseph Campbell's most enduring, popular, and accessible works.

Explore the power of myth as it flowered in Asia In this second volume of The Masks of God — Joseph Campbell's major work of comparative mythology — the pre-emimenent mythologist looks at Asian mythology as it developed over the course of five thousand years into the distinctive religions of Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, and Japan. The Masks of God is a four-volume study of world religion and myth that stands as one of Joseph Campbell's masterworks. On completing it, he wrote: Its main result for me has been the confirmation of a thought I have long and faithfully entertained: of the unity of the race of man, not only in its biology, but also in its spiritual history, which has everywhere unfolded in the manner of a single symphony, with its themes announced, developed, amplified and turned about, distorted, reasserted, and today, in a grand fortissimo of all sections sounding together, irrestibly advancing to some kind of mighty climax, out of which the next great movement will emerge. This new digital edition, part of the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell series, includes over forty new illustrations. (Comparative Mythology: Ancient Egypt, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism)

'He who knows only one religion knows none.'—Prof. Max Muller.'The same thing which is now called Christian Religion existed among the Ancients. They have begun to call Christian the true religion which existed before.'—St. Augustine.'Our love for what is old, our reverence for what our fathers used, makes us keep still in the church, and on the very altar cloths, symbols which would excite the smile of an Oriental, and lead him to wonder why we send missionaries to his land, while cherishing his faith in ours.'—James Bonwick.

This book offers a clear and concise historical overview of the major religious movements of the ancient Mediterranean world existing from the time of the second millennium BCE up until the fourth century CE, including both the Judeo-Christian and pagan religious traditions. Recognizing the significant role of religious institutions in human history and acknowledging the diversity of religious ideas and practices in the ancient Mediterranean world, “religion” is defined as a collection of myths, beliefs, rituals, ethical practices, social institutions and experiences related to the realm of the sacred cosmos. Without focusing too much attention on technicalities and complex vocabulary, the book provides an introductory road map for exploring the vast array of religious data permeating the ancient Mediterranean world. Through an examination of literary and archeological evidence, the book summarizes the fundamental religious beliefs and practices of the ancient Near Eastern world, including the religious traditions of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and Israel. Turning westward, the fascinating world of ancient Greek and Roman religion is considered next. The discussion begins with a description of Minoan-Mycenaean religion, followed by a consideration of classical Roman and Greek religion. Next, the numerous religious movements that blossomed during Hellenistic-Roman times are discussed. In addition, the fundamental theological contributions of various Greco-Roman philosophical schools of thought, including Orphism, Stoicism, Pythagoreanism, Platonism and Neo-Platonism, are described. Greco-Roman philosophy functioned as a quasi-religious outlook for many, and played a decisive role in the evolution of religion in the classical and Hellenistic period. The theological speculations of the philosophers regarding the nature of God and the soul made a huge impact in religious circles during the classical and Hellenistic era. Moving forward in history from archaic and classical times to the later Hellenistic-Roman period, the old religious order of the past falls by the wayside and a new updated religious paradigm begins to develop throughout the Mediterranean world, with a greater emphasis being placed upon the religious individual and the expression of personal religious feelings. There are several important social and historical reasons for this shift in perspective and these factors are explained in the chapter focusing upon personal religion in Hellenistic times. Since the entire religious topography of the ancient Mediterranean world is rarely outlined in a single volume, this book will be a welcome addition to anyone's library.

An important thinker in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century period, English writer and philosopher Edward Carpenter was blessed with a seemingly insatiable intellectual curiosity. In this wide-ranging analysis of early religions and folk beliefs, Carpenter offers a deft and often poetic take on ancient rituals and deities.

British polymath Edward Clodd was a banker who also established himself as a prominent thinker in the fields of anthropology and folklore. In Myths and Dreams, Clodd takes a look at the mythological beliefs of many cultures and societies, ranging from prehistoric times to the nineteenth century, providing keen insight into the ways that natural and environmental factors, rather than supernatural ones, came to shape these belief systems.

A fascinating look at the inter-relationship between science and mythology, taken from the text of the 1885 work by Italian philosopher Tito Vignoli.

A fascinating look at various different myths from across the world and throughout history, using the approach of Comparative Mythology, comparing different myths to find shared themes and characteristics.

From Bulfinch's Mythology, a widely comprehensive look at the myths and beliefs of the ancient Greeks and Romans, looking at the gods and heroes of their legends.

En el transcurso de un sueño los dioses despiertan. Primero lo hace Urano, en medio de gran explosión mental. Asistimos al parto del Universo.Urano engendrará en sí-mismo a Gea y'El Ponto'. Del incesto entre padre e hijos aparecerán dioses menores identificados con los elementos primigenios del Universo, materia, espacio, tiempo, etc. Se entablaran guerras por el poder entre padres e hijos. Finalmente será Zeus quien vencerá: ordenará el caos y será aceptado unánimemente como presidente de los Dioses. Creará la morada de los dioses en el Sistema Solar y el Olimpo en la Tierra.La formación de los planetas, constituirá la formación de palacios dentro de la Vía Láctea.'Hefestos'los construirá. Se asignará un planeta a cada dios.'Hefestos'se pondrá al servicio de Rea, y juntos decorarán la Tierra, y construirán en Grecia el Olimpo (centro de reuniones divinas).Zeus (conciencia de los dioses) reconoce su carencia de sensibilidad para gozar de lo creado. Se recurre como solución a la creación de vida y finalmente conciencia (el hombre). Se utiliza el palacio de Rea (la Tierra) para desarrollar ambos proyectos: que transcurrirán en una progresión botánica y zoológica hasta la humanidad.Atenea y Psiquis, vitalizarán y animarán la materia.Ante nosotros discurre un Zeus germinador que disfruta fertilizando la sustancia fragmentada en forma de diosas y mujeres; se pasearán la mayoría de mitos griegos (la mayoría hijos de Zeus); o de cualquier otro origen. Prometeo roba el fuego de los dioses y lo entrega a los hombres. Su desfachatez será castigada.A través de Noé y Decaulión arribaremos a Mesopotamia y su diluvio.Se nos presentará Caldea y con sus tablillas nos mostrará el mito de Gilgamesh. Descubriremos el zorotrastismo. Visitaremos Egipto y sus mitos y acompañaremos a Moisés. Presenciaremos su diálogo con'Yahvé'en El Monte Sinaí presentado en forma psicológica. En resumen un desfile novelado de la mayoría de mitos que transcurre en un sueño novelado.

Long regarded as one of the most significant collectors and interpreters of folklore and mythology, Thomas Bulfinch was an esteemed but not affluent scholar from Massachusetts who set about making the world's folk tales accessible to the lay reader. In this, Bulfinch's first published work, he explores ancient Greek and Roman folk tales and their interpretation by various authors over the course of thousands of years.

This volume in honour of Jan N. Bremmer contains the contributions of numerous students, colleagues, and friends offered to him on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Throughout his career, Bremmer has distinguished himself as an internationally renowned scholar of religion both past and present, including first and foremost Greek and Roman religion, but also early Christianity and post-classical developments in religion and spirituality. In line with these three main areas of Bremmer's research, the volume is divided into three parts, bringing together contributions from distinguished scholars in many fields. The result is a diverse book which provides a broad spectrum of original ideas and innovative approaches in the history of religions, thus reflecting the nature of the scholarship of Bremmer himself.

Sir James George Frazer's The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a broad comparative study of mythology and religion. Treating religion as a cultural phenomenon rather than discussing it from a theological perspective, the effect of The Golden Bough on both European literature and the emerging discipline of anthropology was substantial. The pioneering anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski said of it:'No sooner had I read this great work than I became immersed in it and enslaved by it. I realized then that anthropology, as presented by Sir James Frazer, is a great science, worthy of as much devotion as any of her elder and more exact studies and I became bound to the service of Frazerian anthropology.'

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The thoughts of Alexander Piatigorski on comparative myths as delivered in a series of lectures for the Jordan Lectures in Comparative Religion at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London in May 1992.

The ancient myths were an expression of great truths about the nature of the universe and human development. Through mysterious, lively images, they describe a people's knowledge of their origins, their place in the cosmos, and their particular state of consciousness. Because our modern consciousness has become so abstract, these stories challenge us to exercise another kind of consciousness if we want to experience their truths and reunite with the realities behind them. In these lectures, Steiner looks at the Egyptian, Greek, and Hebrew myths and illustrates how the myths expressed the consciousness of the people of that time. He sees in the Osiris-Isis story an expression of the loss of a direct experience of the supersensible world. He shows the connection between this loss and the challenge we face today to bring new life to our abstract ways of knowing. Steiner then offers a remarkable story, a new Isis legend. In the Egyptian myth the veiled Isis states,'I am the All, I am the Past, the Present, and the Future; no mortal has yet lifted my veil.'In the New Isis legend as told by Rudolf Steiner, the Isis figure states,'I am the Human Being, I am the Past, the Present, and the Future. Every mortal should lift my veil.'This extraordinary story is a challenge to modern humanity to awaken to a new consciousness of the spiritual forces at work in our lives and in society, and to bear this new spirit within us with ever greater understanding and a sense of responsibility. These lectures are a tremendous inspiration to transform our head knowledge into heart knowledge and to lift the veil to spirit and know our place in the past, present, and future.

Since its founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline.

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. In CliffsNotes on Mythology, you'll review the myths from seven different cultures and gain an overview of the stories that people have lived by from ancient times to the present. The gods and their stories depict life's lessons and personal relationships and present a moral code of human conduct. These stories are also a map to understanding history. This CliffsNotes guide covers Egyptian, Babylonian, Indian, Greek, Roman, and Norse mytholog.