FREE ESSAY ON MYTHOLOGY AND HUMANITY

MYTHOLOGY AND HUMANITY

History reminds us we do not exist in a vacuum but are beings part of a larger whole
dependent on shared wisdoms and beliefs. Countless aeons of story telling traditions and
evolving mythologies speak to the very heart of our humanity. These shared stories,
rituals and wisdoms have fallen by the wayside leaving our children with a sense of
profound isolation and detachment. By ignoring the richness of symbolic language and
lore, we offer our children a barren wasteland of artifice and transparent tales,
spoon-fed ideas and empty thoughts. Gone is the world of exploration, replaced instead by
the quick fixes of sit coms, movies, video games and on-line chat rooms. Poetic language
and the art of communication is lost to vulgarity and coarseness. Heroic stories of
wonder and enchantment gather dust while spandex clad wrestlers in the ring of artifice
and glitz become the Titans of our children's fantasy lives. Although we can make room
for the pleasures of simple entertainment, we cannot use it as the sustenance for our
children's imaginations. Why do some of us expect so little of our children and offer
them so little in return? Why have we forgotten to give them credit for being complex and
capable human beings?