“It was important for a Roman of this period to get his Greek mythology right. Being able to identify who was who and what was what was a sign that the viewer was a person of culture and status.” — Helen Morales Copy Share Image
“Psychoanalysis and Greek mythology are two sides of the same medallion. To put it differently: without classical mythology, there would be no psychoanalysis. If that seems like too bold a statement, this chapter aims to show that it is not.… — Helen Morales Copy Share Image
“If ‘myth’ is a slippery term, so is ‘classical’. It is common shorthand for ‘ancient Greek and Roman’. But this shorthand has a history,… — Helen Morales Copy Share Image
“However, I have also argued for allegory’s positive effects. It is a process that typically takes control away from the author of a narrative and gives it to the reader. It is the reader who decides whether to interpret writing on a literal or a symbolic level. In giving greater control to the reader, allegory allows for imaginative and reflective… — Helen Morales Copy Share
“Reading myth as crystallizing historical fact was a common approach in the 19th and early 20th centuries. But it is an approach to myth… — Helen Morales Copy Share Image
“What makes someone mythic is not whether or not he lived, or lived well, but whether or not he was larger than life. Mythic heroes were – and are – outrageous and outstanding. They are phenomenal. They distil some collective ideal or fantasy. That’s why we can speak of ‘the myth of John Lennon’, but not ‘the myth of John… — Helen Morales Copy Share
“Classical mythology has been so influential upon Western culture that everyone who is alive to the art,culture,politics, and languages of today encounters it.” — Helen Morales Copy Share Image
“Scholars have produced as many definitions of myth as there are myths themselves. This book will discuss various definitions of myth as it goes… — Helen Morales Copy Share Image
“This book aims to capture, and explore, the outrageousness, inventiveness, and sheer fun that characterize classical mythology. But it is also born of the… — Helen Morales Copy Share Image
“Ancient astrology, and, to some degree, its modern descendant, are compelling mixtures of science (or pseudo-science) and classical myth. Jung interpreted astrology as the… — Helen Morales Copy Share Image
“Responding to myth often means wearing blinkers. Myth is a complex game of production and reception that involves selecting some parts of a narrative… — Helen Morales Copy Share Image
“Ancient astrology was rather different from the modern horoscope. Its more learned practitioners enjoyed intellectual respectability, and there was a substantial overlap between astrology… — Helen Morales Copy Share Image
“It was important for a Roman of this period to get his Greek mythology right. Being able to identify who was who and what… — Helen Morales Copy Share Image
“New Age spirituality purports to promote change – its mantra is ‘transformation’ – but, in reality, it endorses the status quo. It preaches changing… — Helen Morales Copy Share Image
