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Myths of Creation
1 Thesis
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2 Definitions
3 Exposition
4 First Things: Cosmogony
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5 Time After Time
6 From Creation To Catastrophe
7 Order Out Of Chaos
8 Traits, Tropes & Themes
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9 Macrocosm To Microcosm
10 Astronomical: Theogony
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11 Geophysical: Geogony
12 Ethnological: Anthropogony
13 Cosmogonic Causal Chains
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14 As Above, So Below
15 Foregone Ages Past
16 Forthcoming Future Ages
17 Second Thoughts
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18 But Who's Counting?
19 From Myth To History
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20 Cycles Of Recurrence
2) Mythic Media
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1 In the Beginning
2 Artifacts of Cultural Memory
3 Global Unanimity Uncovered
4 Comparative World Mythology
5 Myth-making through the Ages
THE CREATION OF MYTH
Introduction
Thesis
1 Orality
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Preliterate Cultural Memory
Rock Art
2 Authority
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Myth and History
What kind of Truth?
3 Community
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Ritual Extensions of Myth
Shared Image of the World
Group Constructions
4 Efficacy
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Mythic Rituals
As Below, So Above
Group Responses
Survival Value
5 Persistence
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Management of Memory
Mutatis Mutandis
Caveat
Coda
MYTHS ARE HISTORY
1 Premise
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Comparative World Mythology
2 Proposition
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Catastrophism & Cosmogony
Catastrophist Speculation
3 Demonstration
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Instability of Solar System
Observational Evidence
2) When Seeing Was Believing
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1 Primacy of Sight
2 Partial Perspectives
3 Similarities & Differences
3) Comparative World Symposium
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Seeing the Past Anew
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1 A New Impartial Gathering ...
2 A Global Synoptic View ...
3 An Interdisciplinary Chronology ...
The Jupiter Myth
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The Mythopoeic Cosmovision (Series)
Volume 2 :
THE CREATION OF MYTH
Introduction & Thesis
i. On the Mythical Constitution of the Human Conditio
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ii. On the Phenomenology of Myth (Thesis abstract)
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On the Orality of Myth
On Myth as Preliterate Cultural Memory
On Rock Art as early documentation of Myth-making
2) On the Authority accredited to Myth
On Myth and History
What kind of Truth?
3) On the Community production & preservation of Myth
On Rote Aspects of Culture as Ritual Extensions of Myth
On the Community's Shared Image of the World
On Communal Group Constructions and Settlements
4) On the Efficacy of Myth in Ritual Settings
On Mythic Rituals and Ceremonial Activities
As Below, So Above: The Main Objects of Regular Ritual Activity
On Myth and Ritual as Group Responses to Natural Disasters
On the Practical Survival Value of Myth
5) On the Persistence of Myth throughout History
On the Traditional Management of Cultural Memory
Mutatis Mutandis
Caveat
: On Things Left Unsaid and Lost to History
Coda
: On the End of Ritual and the End of Myth
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Home
Myths of Creation
1 Thesis
>
2 Definitions
3 Exposition
4 First Things: Cosmogony
>
5 Time After Time
6 From Creation To Catastrophe
7 Order Out Of Chaos
8 Traits, Tropes & Themes
>
9 Macrocosm To Microcosm
10 Astronomical: Theogony
>
11 Geophysical: Geogony
12 Ethnological: Anthropogony
13 Cosmogonic Causal Chains
>
14 As Above, So Below
15 Foregone Ages Past
16 Forthcoming Future Ages
17 Second Thoughts
>
18 But Who's Counting?
19 From Myth To History
>
20 Cycles Of Recurrence
2) Mythic Media
>
1 In the Beginning
2 Artifacts of Cultural Memory
3 Global Unanimity Uncovered
4 Comparative World Mythology
5 Myth-making through the Ages
THE CREATION OF MYTH
Introduction
Thesis
1 Orality
>
Preliterate Cultural Memory
Rock Art
2 Authority
>
Myth and History
What kind of Truth?
3 Community
>
Ritual Extensions of Myth
Shared Image of the World
Group Constructions
4 Efficacy
>
Mythic Rituals
As Below, So Above
Group Responses
Survival Value
5 Persistence
>
Management of Memory
Mutatis Mutandis
Caveat
Coda
MYTHS ARE HISTORY
1 Premise
>
Comparative World Mythology
2 Proposition
>
Catastrophism & Cosmogony
Catastrophist Speculation
3 Demonstration
>
Instability of Solar System
Observational Evidence
2) When Seeing Was Believing
>
1 Primacy of Sight
2 Partial Perspectives
3 Similarities & Differences
3) Comparative World Symposium
>
Seeing the Past Anew
>
1 A New Impartial Gathering ...
2 A Global Synoptic View ...
3 An Interdisciplinary Chronology ...
The Jupiter Myth