Tag Archives: Tom Davenport

STORYTELLERS IN THE FOREST: Making Peace With The Power Of Death

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Dave

Freud said of folk tales that they contain “the dreams of the human race.” One of these dreams is about the simple good prevailing over the subtle wicked. Most of the stories that the Grimm brothers collected are lay moral … Continue reading →

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A LANGUAGE OF TRICKS & TREATS: Sea of Universal Myth

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Dave

“A still further step can and must be taken, however, before we still have reached the bounds of the problem. Myth, as the psychoanalysts declare, is not a mess of errors; myth is a picture language. But the language has … Continue reading →