MYTH, RITUAL, AND THE ARCHETYPAL HYPOTHESIS

. This paper reexamines the myth‐ritual complex, considering myth as a psychobiological stereotype, the neurobiology of myth structuring, the neurobiology of myth transformation, and some religious implications of the myth‐ritual complex. Relevant points of comparison between this neurobiological an...

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Published in:Zygon 1986-06, Vol.21 (2), p.141-160
Main Author: AQUILI, E. G. d'
Format: Article
Language:English
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Ethnology
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Religion, magic, witchcraft
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Summary:. This paper reexamines the myth‐ritual complex, considering myth as a psychobiological stereotype, the neurobiology of myth structuring, the neurobiology of myth transformation, and some religious implications of the myth‐ritual complex. Relevant points of comparison between this neurobiological analysis of the myth‐ritual complex and Jungian psychological theory are made throughout. Finally the neurobiology of transcendent experiences is considered along with a brief neuroepistemological consideration of the possibility of transcendence itself.
ISSN:0591-2385
1467-9744
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9744.1986.tb00741.x