There's a strong affinity between myth scholars & reactionary politics: Jung, Eliade, Campbell, Guenon, Peterson. Northrop Frye, who was a moderate social democrat, is the great exception here.
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Jack Kirby's fascination with the ancient astronaut theme (running from 1950s till end of life) was linked to his anti-fascism: it was reclaiming mythology from the reactionaries by showing it was not timeless truth but living & transformative storytelling.
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There you go, consigning yourself to be fact based.
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Just do ancient astronauts
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Bruce Lincoln's Theorizing Myth is a pretty damming indictment of the entire enterprise of comparative mythology, and well worth your time
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One question. Do you consider Religiosity to be inherently reactionary?
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I do recommend Shelling's lessons on the Philosophy of Mythology and Viveiros de Castro's writings on Amazonian thought, if you haven't come across it. Not sure how Kirby would fit in.
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Holy shit! I'd read that. Meanwhile, do you have a newsletter I might subscribe to?
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Iron John was there first.
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