tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195018112011-08-05T21:28:46.695-07:00marjormoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00130121005847571889noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19501811.post-1133487471111869842005-12-01T17:32:00.000-08:002005-12-01T17:43:44.013-08:00<a href="http://www.jcf.org/"><strong><em>Joseph Campbell's</em></strong></a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385418868/102-4289946-6693703?v=glance&n=283155&amp;s=books&v=glance"><em><strong>"The Power of Myth"</strong></em></a> is a stunning treatise on the invaluable role these cultural 'bed-time' stories play. The author asserts that such fables are the glue that melds our societal consciousness into a cohesive framework.<br /><br />More that religion in itself (though he explores so-called 'spiritual myth') Campbell claims such stories are the moral framework of generations. He seems to call on a largely unchurched yet spiritually crazed population's sometimes dense morality as proof.<br /><br />That led me to wonder--what about the overall role that rituals play in our cultural awareness? To some extent, ritual and myth exist in a similar vein--largely to define the consciousness of the seer.<br /><br />Think about it. The talking heads espouse liberality (I'm not talking politics here...) and enlightenment as the newest designer drugs. Meanwhile, people like <a href="http://www.marshallmcluhan.com/"><strong><em>Marshall McLuhan</em></strong></a> and movies like <a href="http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/"><strong><em>The Matrix</em></strong></a> crop up with full fledged communities and seek to redefine our world as the domain of the machines. But what defines you?<br /><br />If I asked you to name the three greatest moments in your life, would it give you pause to consider the almost universal answers?<br /><a href="http://moremarjo.blogspot.com/2005/11/digital-piracy-and-dvd-copy.html"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="oh happy day" align="right" border="0" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/maesnapp/weddingRitualBlogPost.jpg" /></a><br />-My graduation<br />-My wedding<br />- My child's birth<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>filed under: AI? Fugeddaboutit. Machines have no sense of timing...</em></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19501811-113348747111186984?l=mooremarjo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>marjormoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00130121005847571889noreply@blogger.com0