Category: Atheism and Secular Philosophy
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Introduction: The One Story Across Cultures In every culture throughout history, storytellers have spun remarkably similar tales of a hero who embarks on an epic adventure, faces down trials, and returns transformed. Twentieth-century mythologist Joseph Campbell famously called this archetypal narrative the “monomyth,” or hero’s journey – essentially one grand story underlying all others[1][2]. Campbell,…
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Introduction: The Catastrophe Within To dream of the world’s end is a uniquely terrifying experience. The imagery is seared into memory upon waking: tidal waves scouring the coastlines, skies burning with an unnatural fire, cities crumbling to dust as the very ground gives way.1 These are not ordinary nightmares; they feel profound, imbued with a…