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| Secular and Religious Myths \n<\/em>The History of Myth \n<\/em>A Renewal of Interest in Myth \n<\/em>Mythic Forms in Major Religions<\/em><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | CHAPTER II THE ORIGIN MYTHS | \n(Preview: Preview Chapter<\/a> )<\/td>\n 15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | The Maidu Account of the Origins of the World | \n<\/em>The Story in Genesis \n<\/em>Arrernte Story of Creation<\/em><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | CHAPTER III | \nMYTH AND DREAMING<\/td>\n 27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Suspension of Normal Judgment | \n<\/em>Multiple Levels 0f Meaning \n<\/em>Abstraction and Intellectual Questioning \n<\/em>Similarity of Dynamic and Disagreement of Results<\/em><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | CHAPTER IV<\/p>\n | THE WORK OF MYTHS<\/td>\n 35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | The Mythic Process | \n<\/em>Evaluation of Myths \n<\/em>Myths and Philosophy \n<\/em>Values Latent in Myth \n<\/em>Other Concerns of Myth Cycles<\/em><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | CHAPTER V<\/p>\n | MYTH AND HISTORY<\/td>\n 47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Myth as an expression of Nature Symbolism | \n<\/em>Sacred Space and Sacred Time \n<\/em>Symbolism in Religions of the Book \n<\/em>Escape from the World of Nature \n<\/em>Myths both Cosmic and Historical \n<\/em>Mythic Aspects of History \n<\/em>Progress and Linear Time \n<\/em>The Engine of History<\/em><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | CHAPTER VI<\/p>\n | MYTH AND RITUAL<\/td>\n 69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Orientation to a Transcendental Power | \n<\/em>Australian Aboriginal Ritual \n<\/em>Ritual is a Form of Communication \n<\/em>Four Elements of Ritual \n<\/em>Gesture \n<\/em>Scene \n<\/em>Score \n<\/em>Story Line \n<\/em>The Unity of Ritual \n<\/em>Ritual in Relation to Myth \n<\/em>Ritual and Community \n<\/em>Bringing the Past into the Present \n<\/em>Flight from Rituals<\/em><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | CHAPTER VII<\/p>\n | MYTH AND SYMBOLISM<\/td>\n 93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Symbols and Signs | \n<\/em>The Problem of Grounding Myth in Reality \n<\/em>Christian Approaches to Symbolism \n<\/em>The Apophatic Way \n<\/em>The Likeness of God in Creation \n<\/em>The Likeness of God using Scriptures \n<\/em>The Character of Cosmic and Historical Symbols \n<\/em>Religious Symbolism and Reality \n<\/em>The Framework for Religious Language \n<\/em>A Different Framework \n<\/em>Cosmic Analogy \n<\/em>Historical Symbolism \n<\/em>Expectations of Religious Symbolism<\/em><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | NOTES<\/p>\n | GLOSSARY<\/p>\n BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/td>\n 119<\/p>\n | 129<\/p>\n 133<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Reality of Myth By\u00c2\u00a0 John Hilary Martin Contents Preface v Forward xi CHAPTER I STORIES OF HIGHER TRUTH 1 Secular and Religious Myths The History of Myth A Renewal of Interest in Myth Mythic Forms in Major Religions CHAPTER … Continue reading |