The PURPOSE of Mythology 

In the Phaedrus, Plato (through his mouthpiece, Socrates) shares the allegory of the chariot to explain the tripartite nature of the human soul or psyche. The chariot is pulled by two winged horses, one mortal and the other immortal.The mortal horse is deformed and obstinate. Plato describes the horse as a “crooked lumbering animal, put together anyhow…of a dark color, with grey eyes and blood-red complexion; the mate of insolence and pride, shag-eared and deaf, hardly yielding to whip and spur.” The immortal horse, on the other hand, is noble and game, “upright and cleanly made…his color is white, and his eyes dark; he is a lover of honor and modesty and temperance, and the follower of true glory; he needs no touch of the whip, but is guided by word and admonition only.”In the driver’s seat is the charioteer, tasked with reining in these disparate steeds, guiding and harnessing them to propel the vehicle with strength and efficiency. The charioteer’s destination? The ridge of heaven, beyond which he may behold the Forms: essences of things like Beauty, Wisdom, Courage, Justice, Goodness - everlasting Truth and absolute Knowledge. These essences nourish the horses’ wings, keeping the chariot in flight.The charioteer joins a procession of gods, led by Zeus, on this trip into the heavens. Unlike human souls, the gods have two immortal horses to pull their chariots and are able to easily soar above. Mortals, on the other hand, have a much more turbulent ride. The white horse wishes to rise, but the dark horse attempts to pull the chariot back towards the earth. As the horses pull in opposing directions, and the charioteer attempts to get them into sync, his chariot bobs above the ridge of heaven then down again, and he catches glimpses of the great beyond before sinking once more. If the charioteer is able to behold the Forms, he gets to go on another revolution around the heavens. But if he cannot successfully pilot the chariot, the horses’ wings wither from lack of nourishment, or break off when the horses collide and attack each other, or crash into the chariots of others. The chariot then plummets to earth, the horses lose their wings, and the soul becomes embodied in human flesh. The degree to which the soul falls, and the “rank” of the mortal being it must then be embodied in is based on the amount of Truth it beheld while in the heavens. Rather like the idea of reincarnation. The degree of the fall also determines how long it takes for the horses to regrow their wings and once again take flight. Basically, the more Truth the charioteer beheld on his journey, the shallower his fall, and the easier it is for him to get up and get going again. The regrowth of the wings is hastened by the mortal soul encountering people and experiences that contain touches of divinity, and recall to his memory the Truth he beheld in his preexistence. Plato describes such moments as looking “through the glass dimly” and they hasten the soul’s return to the heavens.

I am a main character :)

Mythology, or storytelling, is the root of connection. As always, love your work. -- Also randomly curious on your thoughts of Rudolph Steiner, his ideologies (which are insanely vast) & his life's works.

Astrology is actually based on Mythology, and Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung once described astrology as "the accumulated psychological wisdom of the ancients".

0:33 I would argue that we need past, present and future to make a line, a vector. Initial point, a support, and a direction to go. Same thing, as you said, different contex.

As usual, very good topic and presentation. Important too.

I love this progression of thought and understanding expressed in this video

Very insightful video. Thank you. It makes ponder my fascination for good stories and desire to create them. I also like your term "Narratizing life". Interested in more of your videos!

Thanks, great video, its sad that most people still think that the stories in espiritual sacred books are facts of history and fail to grasp the real teachings.

It's also a vehicle for reobtaining knowledge, such as a medicine or science

Excellent video!! It is true that somewhere we get inspired by fictional people (no matter their source)

I very much enjoy this channel

Can I use some of your videos to translate them and make my own videos in my native tongue? Of course I would provide a link to your original videos, but the lack of intellectual videos in my language is sad, and I want to change that. I promise to not change the meaning or twist it. It would, of course, mainly be a way for me to truly learn to express what I think.

love your videos. Isn't the internet mythic?

Holy shit I am first!

I am a fictional character. At least I hope I am. 🤠

WESTWORLD HBO's Westworld is not a television show, it is a modern monomyth. An absolute masterpiece. It's the perfect confluence of storyline, characters, cinematography, dialogue, and film production... with sublime expression of symbolism, allegory, and metaphor, exploring a depth and breadth of archetypal and philosophical issues that are at the very confer of humanity's conscious experience. To me, it's in the same category as the Torah, the Bhaghavad Gita, the Iliad, and Gilgamesh. (and perhaps The Big Lebowski)