[MD] Truth in Recycled Mythology

[ian glendinning]

Excellent DMB, here's something perhaps more contentious we could even
argue about ... ;-)

The programme actually made the point, but I only alluded to it in my
blog post, about the significance of the library being destroyed by
fire.

At first glance violent destruction of libraries and museums looks
like unmitigated bad news (hence your disgust at Afghan ./ Iraq
episodes). BUT ...

The passing of the library or museum and (most of) it's contents into
the reality of oblivion, but also it's own mythology, has a bigger
benefit to future cultures than if the preserved contents (books and
artefacts) are simply assimilated into the libraries of future
cultures.

Myth is more valuable than books and artefacts. Sometimes accumulated
"knowledge" needs to be reconverted back into myth, to give it "legs".
Discuss.

Ian

On 5/21/08, david buchanan <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks. I heard that show, actually. I get it as a podcast.
>
> Its sad to think about discoveries like that in contrast with the cultural disaster in Iraq, where the museums were pretty well wiped out. We're talking about loosing a huge chuck of Babylon. It was kinda like when the Taliban blew up those giant Buddhas except it was much bigger and not as loud. I can only imagine what the black market looks like right now and I hate to think about what's been melted down.
>
> ----------------------------------------
> > Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 11:34:45 -0500
> > From: psybertron at gmail.com
> > To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> > Subject: [MD] Truth in Recycled Mythology
> >
> > DMB, as the resident keeper of the myths, thought you might be
> > interested in this one too.
> > http://www.psybertron.org/?p=1561
> > Regards
> > Ian
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