Myth and Ritual Are Sometimes Perceived as Dangerous

Myth and ritual are sometimes perceived as dangerous, because myth and ritual bring energy from the depths into consciousness. And for a lot of people, it scares the hell out of them. If you take away the myth and the ritual, you destroy people, or you destroy what you believe to be destructive in people who are inimical. One of the early definitions of myth probably the earliest in greek mythos is used by herodotus, fourth century b c.