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Our modern culture often over-emphasizes the rational, and overlooks non-rational or symbolic ways of knowing as “unreal.” But humans throughout time have experienced the worlds of symbol, myth, and dream to be representations of reality every bit as real as the physical world.
Our psyches are steeped in symbolism; our arts and religions, language and writing are symbolic. Money is a symbol. Even science itself, or our unquestioned belief in it, is a kind of modern mythology that pits real-against-unreal in our culture’s insatiable desire to know.
The symbolic mind is not less than the rational mind. It’s an ancient mind that speaks a language our consciousness knows well. If we want to wake up to our deeper intelligence and become more whole, we’re wise to explore the intuitive, nonlinear aspects of life the deepest parts of us have always known.
~Reminder that this resource section is new and the lists are works in progress, not exhaustive by any means. There’s more to add to this page. Suggest a resource here.
Our modern culture often over-emphasizes the rational, and overlooks non-rational or symbolic ways of knowing as “unreal.” But humans throughout time have experienced the worlds of symbol, myth, and dream to be representations of reality every bit as real as the physical world.
Our psyches are steeped in symbolism; our arts and religions, language and writing are symbolic. Money is a symbol. Even science itself, or our unquestioned belief in it, is a kind of modern mythology that pits real-against-unreal in our culture’s insatiable desire to know.
The symbolic mind is not less than the rational mind. It’s an ancient mind that speaks a language our consciousness knows well. If we want to wake up to our deeper intelligence and become more whole, we’re wise to explore the intuitive, nonlinear aspects of life the deepest parts of us have always known.
~Reminder that this resource section is new and the lists are works in progress, not exhaustive by any means. There’s more to add to this page. Suggest a resource here.
The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers. This beloved 1988 PBS series, mythologist Joseph Campbell and journalist Bill Moyers explore what enduring myths can tell us about our lives.
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The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
