The New Mythology
How uncertain times and a rapidly-shifting future leads to the next vision for humanity
Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truth — penultimate because the ultimate cannot be put into words. It is beyond words. Beyond images, beyond that bounding rim of the Buddhist Wheel of Becoming. Mythology pitches the mind beyond that rim, to what can be known but not told. — Joseph Campbell
You live in a dark and uncertain time. You are watching the way of things, the world order you have always known begin to degrade, shift, corrupt. You see the flow of commerce move to new ports. Alliances crumble, new unimaginable threats to your way of life rear their head. The wealthy get even more affluent, and the poor are growing, both in number and in their weariness of putting up with it.
Infrastructure is on the decline, while political intrigue and power-brokering are on the rise. Old enemies return, and new ones are appearing all around you. Your once pristine cities are overrun with…
