tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154359965221795553.post3867823095163891545..comments2024-03-01T14:27:35.794-08:00Comments on Albion Awakening: How and why England's lost mythology can be recoveredBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154359965221795553.post-77938952581371298882018-06-29T13:47:56.060-07:002018-06-29T13:47:56.060-07:00@CCL - I agree - Watership Down is first rate.
h...@CCL - I agree - Watership Down is first rate. <br /><br />http://charltonteaching.blogspot.com/search?q=watership Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154359965221795553.post-2615414591077527502018-06-29T11:15:51.617-07:002018-06-29T11:15:51.617-07:00Myth is not something to be known, but rather some...Myth is not something to be <i>known</i>, but rather something to be <i>felt</i>.<br /><br />For myself, the essential English myth is <i>Watership Down</i>. A story of pre-human sentience, the thing is not to study it as a reference for rabbit mental activity but rather to feel the quality of a story of life without recourse to the artificial tools and conceptual models of men.<br /><br />This is not to say that I find anything wrong with Tolkien's fantastic effort, after all it seems unlikely that many people can be deeply moved by a story about somewhat anthropomorphized rabbits. The tendency would be to regard the story as 'cute' or childish. Which is actually well, because if it were <i>openly</i> a story of prehistoric men...it would be a bit too grim.<br /><br />The method of Tolkien, a recognizably 'heroic' fantastic setting in which men bear weapons and armour which symbolize key human virtues, is probably more appropriate for the greater proportion of the population. But it is still something we should understand with our heart rather than our head.<br /><br />With our head, we only need know that myths needn't be <i>factual</i> to be profoundly <i>true</i> at an emotional level. They help us explore the human condition that exists in us regardless of the actual circumstances of our own life and history.<br /><br />And coming to understand that condition is the necessary prerequisite to meaningful religion.Chiu ChunLinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519192610708043962noreply@blogger.com