The act of bell
The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people. Ezra Pound
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The truth of religion
The truth of religion comes from its symbolic rendering of man’s moral experience; it proceeds intuitively and imaginatively. Its falsehood comes from its attempt to substitute itself for science and to pretend that its poetic statements are information about reality. Eugene Genovese
The information that was
The information that was contained in a cathedral was based upon a common culture – a common Christian culture – and the elements were chosen for a common symbolic meaning. Someone who knew everything that was represented in a cathedral had a sort of encyclopedia – you can indeed call it that – but it … Read more
We think of religion
We think of religion as the symbolic expression of our highest moral ideals; we think of magic as a crude aggregate of superstitions. Religious belief seems to become mere superstitious credulity if we admit any relationship with magic. On the other hand our anthropological and ethnographical material makes it extremely difficult to separate the two … Read more
…Erich Fromm wondered why
…Erich Fromm wondered why most people did not become insane in the face of the existential contradiction between a symbolic self, that seems to give man infinite worth in a timeless scheme of things, and a body that is worth about 98ยข. Ernest Becker
According to me [Sigmund
According to me [Sigmund ] Freud did not notice that the dream expresses the inner experiences in a symbolic form,resembling in that, poetry or other art forms. Erich Fromm
One cannot understate the
One cannot understate the importance of eliminating Bin Laden. He was a symbolic head of the organisation and, as we now know, an operational head of the organisation. Eric Holder
What an amazing creative
What an amazing creative way to magnify, and illuminate the courage of 30 Sheroes whose courage, leadership and character is symbolic of the many unsung Women Sheroes of past and present. Emory Douglas
The ultimate goal of
The ultimate goal of Jungian psychotherapy is to make the symbolic process conscious Edward F Edinger
Men do not have
Men do not have to cook their food; they do so for symbolic reasons to show they are men and not beasts. Edmund Leach