[MD] mythos

[MarshaV]

p.s.  You should hear JC rail against women being 
allowed into the Princeton Club.  Pathetic!








At 01:34 PM 5/2/2009, you wrote:
>At 12:26 PM 5/2/2009, you wrote:
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>>Marsha clarified on Joseph Campbell:
>>...It is his misogynist point-of-view that is 
>>unforgivable. ...Campbell also, imo, takes a 
>>living breathing Mythos and objectifies 
>>it.  Each statement is presented as true fact 
>>without a shred of humility or respect for the 
>>relativity of the subject.  Joe is cute, 
>>though, and I wanted to slap him silly only in a playful kind of way.
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>>dmb says:
>>Sister, I just don't get that. You probably 
>>know that he taught at a woman's college for 
>>most of his life. And you probably know that he 
>>was in the business of interpreting mythology, 
>>which has been inherently misogynistic since 
>>1750 B.C.. In fact, by the time the epic of 
>>Gilgamesh was put into writing (the oldest myth 
>>we have on record) the rule of women was 
>>already over. It's a rip-off of the myth of 
>>Innana. Also, there are no "true facts" in 
>>myth. They're not factual at all and Joe would 
>>be the first to point that out. In fact, the 
>>hero's journey is all about realizing the 
>>limits of the differentiations of consciousness.
>>If you want to know what arrogance and misogyny 
>>REALLY looks like you should take a look at 
>>Plato. In that case, I'll hold him down while you do the slapping.
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>Hello David,
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>I went through all ten VHS tapes, and he really 
>spoke as if he were stating the facts.  Maybe 
>Campbell considered himself a scientist speaking 
>the the facts that have been discovered.  This 
>means this.(period)  This means that. 
>(period)  Only a few times did he say something 
>like "It is thought that"  or "Current 
>interpretation is that".  See what I'm getting 
>at.  Man has a thought and thinks it's a fact.
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>Plato thought women should be educated to the 
>same degree as men, but there are plenty of 
>other reasons to give Plato a swift kick in the 
>shins, for choosing "the True" over "the good" 
>for example.   Oh, don't tell me, was Plato into having boyfriends...
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>I'm am very aware of Innana's journey into the 
>Underworld, it's my favorite story.  In fact, I 
>participated in a ritual version.
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>Isis, Astarte, Diana,
>Hecate, Demeter,
>Kali-
>Inanna!
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>Marsha
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