More on Frog and Fish & Ymar

Lee Berman · 31 May 2011, 14:46 · from 2011-May.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 10:46:58 -0400
Subject: (urth) More on Frog and Fish & Ymar
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>James Wynn:  Wolfe believes that the myths come to us from an eternal pattern and, 
> presumably, he believes Jesus is the fulfillment of that pattern. That 
> we are hard-wired to detect that eternal pattern because it is 
> "real".

>David Stockhoff: This is am excellent summary of Wolfe's attitude toward myth. Literally, 
>to Wolfe, the story of Jesus/Christ is The Greatest Story Ever Told.

I agree. I think this is a great way to look at Wolfe's work. My own leaning is to 
attribute the Campbellian monomyth as a function of human psychology, culture and society.
While clearly wolfe recognizes that, as a religious man, he is also likely to see a higher,
spiritual basis for the monomyth pattern that goes beyond humanity.

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