7/7/2023 0 Comments The power of myth netflixThe day or week you drop off - and only you know if you have - you've lost it. If you've really put everything you could into it chances are you're a finalist of some kind. After all, if you have created your own mythical team from draft time and really stick with the team you've created through injuries, trades, mishaps, league disruptions, personal crises etc., and finish the season after having given your best there's no outward reward that can match that inner sense of accomplishment. I think, for instance, that fantasy sport participation can be a good contemporary illustration of what may have replaced what myth used to be able to render. And sports, at the first take, may not appear to be able render an experience of truth but bear with me. I realize, of course, that at the center of every myth is a universal truth. I think observance of sports goes beyond mere escapism and veers into the kind of validation of life that the best myths can render. People actually personalize their favorite teams to the extent that it effects their emotional lives. Sports, to name one secular ritual, can provide what myth did for previous generations. I believe his opinion was that our environment and manner of living is too much in flux to sustain them but I'm not so sure. One of the many intriguing points Campbell makes in the program is that the times we're currently in cannot support functioning myths.
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