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Chapter 4 Symbol& Myth

Chapter 4 Symbol& Myth. Communication is a form of signaling: Gestures, sounds, drawing, words. Religions use signs and symbols to express meaning. Signs & symbols are often more powerful than words. Susan K. Langer on Signs and Symbols.

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Chapter 4 Symbol& Myth

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  1. Chapter 4Symbol& Myth Communication is a form of signaling: Gestures, sounds, drawing, words. Religions use signs and symbols to express meaning. Signs & symbols are often more powerful than words

  2. Susan K. Langer on Signs and Symbols

  3. Certain hand positions (mudras) are symbolic in Buddhist statues and meditation

  4. A symbol of the basic Christian creed The first letters spell out ICTHUS the Greek word for “fish”. This early symbol of Christianity was a secret sign used when Christians were in persecuted by the Romans. Later, when Christianity was no longer illegal (3rd century) the cross became the symbol of Christianity.

  5. Parables

  6. Myth : a system of interrelated stories that are meant to reveal the inner meaning of human life and the universe

  7. MirceaEliade on Myth

  8. 5 Functions of Myth(Joseph Campbell) Mystical Social Pedagogical Cosmological Personal/Psychological

  9. Carl Jung’s archetypes

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