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To: Krowbar who wrote (27620)	1/4/1999 3:43:00 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) of 108807

You know I am a rationalist Del, but I am going to try to switch gears a bit. I think a myth can be "real" in the sense of being meaningful without being believed as being absolutely real. Put another way, some stories can have deep, resonant symbolic meaning to us, move us, touch us- and yet we do not have to believe in them. I love the story of Buddha. I do not believe it is all true- but it doesn't need to be, to be a wonderful myth. I like the story of Jesus. I like the story of David. I enjoy the Song of Solomon. I think Genesis is powerful reading. I also happen to love the myth of the God Balder- who is a Christ-like figure in Norse mythology. If I remember correctly Balder was the God of light, he was of all the Gods the most well loved. A supremely good being. Balder's mother knew that Balder was in danger (I can't remember how) and she went to every living thing and made every thing promise it would not hurt Balder. Because Balder was immune to danger the Gods played games trying to hurt Balder- because no arrow or spear could strike him- everything had promised not to hurt him. But his mother had forgotten to get the lowly mistletoe to promise. It had seemed so harmless she forgot it. So Loki fashioned an arrow point from the mistletoe and had the blind God (can't remember his name but I think he was Balder's brother) shoot Balder- and Balder was killed. But a part of the Norse myth is that at the end of the world of Gods and Giants (Ragnarok) Balder will be reborn to lead a new race of men. Sound familiar? Now do I believe a race of giants and Gods existed? No- no more than I believe in a talking jawbone of an ass. But I find the myths moving. They are real in the sense that they make me feel certain emotions.

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