Anthony Steyning says:

"... For if man needed to create myths or fairy tales to deal with his own mind and to step out beyond himself so he could look down upon himself and heal himself or give himself that extra bit of courage and strength in the face of mostly cruel and often endless setbacks, then for a time and despite immediate, built-in, mostly silly taboos, this was fine. But by beginning to believe his own embroidered fantasies, imposing them as if they were the truth, protecting them as precious property, he created the beginning of his own degradation. Because fable or myth is a series of pretty fibs and an elaborate lie however well meant, however well told, represents the seed of destruction that every grand falsehood carries within itself. "

and I agree.


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