Exploring ancient myths to overcome conflicts and polarizations in troubled times. The tale of Jason and the Argonauts symbolizes justice and balance needed for peace. Embracing opposites and deep imagination to navigate obstacles and transform dilemmas. Mythic imagination offers solutions to challenges beyond logic, emphasizing creativity and human capacity.
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Polarization Hardens Antagonisms
Conflicts and polarizations are pervasive in today's world, making life emotionally challenging and chaotic.
This polarization hardens antagonisms, leaving societies stuck and unable to progress effectively.
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Myth Reveals Third Way
Myth offers a third way to perceive dilemmas beyond binary oppositions of right and wrong.
This third way transforms dead ends into opportunities for change and adventure.
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Jason's Quest Amid Clashing Rocks
The ancient myth of Jason and the Argonauts illustrates facing deadly clashing rocks symbolizing crushing conflicts.
Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece represents seeking justice and balance in a troubled world.
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We live in a time when seemingly all possible conflicts and oppositions come crashing all around us. Each day leaves us more exposed to raw emotions and rocked by the harsh energies of life. The tragedies and calamities of this era leave us in the lurch of history as antagonisms harden into stone and life seems increasingly stuck.
In order to imagine ways to pass through the dire straits of these troubled times, Michael Meade turns to ancient myths which can offer a third way to see when we find ourselves caught between opposing ideas and hardened ideologies.
The old myth of Jason and the Argonauts includes the quest to recover the Golden Fleece, the symbol of justice, authentic authority and balance needed to bring peace back to the world. The tale also involves facing the famous obstacle of the clashing rocks that represent the danger of being crushed between the rocks and the hard places. The story illustrates that some greater imagination must be found, and something must be consciously sacrificed, or else more people will become unconsciously and unnecessarily sacrificed.
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