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myths
mythical
disaster
factual
manifestations
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MYTHS AND PHYSICAL EVENTS. THE INTERIOR MEDIUM IN WHICH SOCIETY EXISTS
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Dictation: A new chapter (3), to be titled: “Myths and Physical Events.” (Long pause.) Then: “The Interior Medium in Which Society Exists.”
Give us a moment… Before we discuss man’s and woman’s private roles in the nature of mass events — no matter what they are — we must first look into the medium in which events appear concrete and real. The great sweep of the events of nature can be understood only by looking into a portion of their reality that is not apparent to you. We want to examine, therefore, the inner power of natural occurrences.
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Facts are a very handy but weak brew of reality. They immediately consign certain kinds of experiences as real and others as not. The psyche, however, will not be so limited. It exists in a medium of reality, a realm of being in which all possibilities exist. It creates myths the way the ocean creates spray. Myths are originally psychic fabrications of such power and strength that whole civilizations can rise from their source. They involve symbols and known emotional validities that are then connected to the physical world, so that that world is never the same again.
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