At 12:26 PM 5/2/2009, you wrote:
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.
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.
Hello David,
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.
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...
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.
Isis, Astarte, Diana,
Hecate, Demeter,
Kali-
Inanna!
Marsha
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