Why has India lost her greatest light, Buddha’s path of redemption

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Why has India lost her greatest light, Buddha’s path of redemption 1002 India lies between the Asiatic north and the Pacific south, between Tibet and Ceylon. India ends abruptly at the foothills of the Himalaya, and at Adam’s Bridge. At one end, a Mongolian world begins, at the other, the “paradise” of a South Sea … Read more

The Mass is a still-living mystery, the origins of which go back to early Christian times

The Mass is a still-living mystery, the origins of which go back to early Christian times INTRODUCTION! 296 The Mass is a still-living mystery, the origins of which go back to early Christian times. It is hardly necessary to point out that it owes its vitality partly to its undoubted psychological efficacy, and that it … Read more

The Meaning of Myth

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The Meaning of Myth Myth comes via mythos from the Greek root V (mu) meaning to make a sound with the mouth and is thus basic to human existence as we know it: “In the beginning was the Word.” To the orthodox believer what we call myth is the word of God—the metaphorical, symbolical, or … Read more

I first got the idea of writing it from C. Kerenyi’s essay on the Aegean Festival in Goethe’s Faust.

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I first got the idea of writing it from C. Kerenyi’s essay on the Aegean Festival in Goethe’s Faust. FOREWORD This book—my last—was begun more than ten years ago. I first got the idea of writing it from C. Kerenyi’s essay on the Aegean Festival in Goethe’s Faust.1 The literary prototype of this festival is The Chymical Wedding … Read more