A Handbook of Traditional Living by Raido

Author:Raido [Raido]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: History, Philosophy, Political, Religious, Revolutionary, iron_pill_short
ISBN: 9781907166068
Google: wgBUn65__wgC
Amazon: 1907166068
Publisher: Arktos
Published: 2010-05-02T00:00:00+00:00

If a rite is altered, it no longer has the power to actualise the primordial energy, and thus turns into ceremony: a merely human action devoid of any contact with higher reality.

15. MYTH

The term ‘myth’ derives from the Greek mythos = ‘announcement’, which is a cognate of the Latin mutus = ‘mute’ and musso = ‘to keep silent’, ‘to conceal’ (suggesting the difficulty of understanding myth).

Myth embodies absolute truth, as it expresses a sacred event that occurred in the primordial era. Founding myths represent the point of reference par excellence, which engenders institutions and norms that cement political communities.

Myth is what allows individuals integrated into the cosmos to live an orderly life by regulating their everyday actions (from eating to marriage, work, art, agriculture, hunting, sexuality, etc.). By emulating in his everyday activities the archetypal exemplar of myth, man abolishes profane existence in favour of a magical-religious life centred on an eternal present. In the chaotic changes of history, with all its contradictions, myth stands as an eternal dimension, as a model that accompanies and guides man by providing firm points of reference. Myth is a sacred (as opposed to profane) narrative that illustrates truth allegorically, explaining all that which cannot ordinarily be explained as it lies beyond mere reason (for instance, the origin of life, the destiny of man and civilisation, and the causes of its ruin).

Myth is the narrative of a meta-historical order, a narrative that tells of the hidden powers which influence visible human reality and reveals how inexplicable events came into being. Myth integrates history with meta-history: it is through myths that the actions and lives of individuals receive a suitable orientation. Once their true value and meaning are lost, myths become mere mythological tales, fables, and expressions of folklore which remain in the popular imagination.

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