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Story and Symbol

 

Help Grow the Wings of Humanity. - Nicolas Roerich

Metaphor is one of a group of problem-solving medicines known as figures of speech which are normally used to treat literal thinking and other diseases. - Grant Morrison

There are people. There are stories. The people think they shape the stories, but the reverse is often closer to the truth. - Alan Moore

 

The study of stories and symbols using the tools of the humanities and of the human sciences, with an emphasis on the insights of depth psychology. Story and symbol studies encompass visual arts, myths, legends, folktales, scriptures, poetry, theater, film, fiction and non-fiction narratives.

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