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In the actual working circumstance of everyday living, almost anything that happens could be interpreted as relating to some mythological figure or other. The interpretation of everyday happenstance is individual and personal within the context of the overall pantheonic system.
On the other hand there is also usually a formal mythology in which specific interpretations have become universally known. The Greek mythological stories of the Argonauts, Sisyphus, Titan, or Odysseus are examples of these tales. Some of these stories, may be based to some extent, on historical or actual events. Others may be the complete fabrication of story tellers, poets and dramatists. Mythology may serve any number of purposes. It may serve as cultural commonality for the community as a whole, encouraging cohesiveness. It may serve
to illustrate facets of human nature, psychology and psychotherapy. It may serve as Spirituality.
Mythology and sometimes superstition, are usually incorporated into both the spirituality of
Proto-religion and
Religious Materialism, since the context concerns the fate and destiny of the individual, and the larger community and culture, some of which seems out of the control of human intention, as things like luck and ill fortune, timing, weather or health.
Proto-religion involves the belief and acceptance that spiritual entities co-exist and interact on the material plane. When these forces are given identities and roles they take on mythological or superstitious characteristics. An example today of a proto-relgious blend with mythology would be Hinduism. Myth and stories can illustrate levels of spiritual consciousness, spiritual development and paths, or spiritual values.
In the culture of present day western civilization, the prevalent Interpretive Context is Literal Logic. The reality of this form of context is that everything not motivated by human intent is considered as dead, and the mechanics of instinct, biology, chemistry or physics.
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