Mythological Imagery Quotes

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

An archetypal content expresses itself, first and foremost, in metaphors.

The man who speaks with primordial images, speaks with a thousand tongues.

The images of Myth are reflections of Spiritual and Depth potentialities of every one of us. Through contemplating those we evoke those powers in our own lives to operate through ourselves.

I'm certainly not surprised by the passion of the youth for our myths. Mythology is almost a part of an Indian's DNA.

Artistic symbols and myths speak out of the primordial, preconscious realm of the mind which is powerful and chaotic. Both symbol and myth are ways of bringing order and form into this chaos.

I think of mythology as a function of biology; the energies of the body are the energies that move the imagination. These energies are the source, then, of mythological imagery; in a mythological organization of symbols, the conflicts between the different organic impulses within the body are resolved and harmonized. You might say mythology is a formula for the harmonization of the energies of life.

The moon in her chariot of pearl

It has always been the prime function of mythology and rite to supply the symbols that carry the human spirit forward.