Submission to mythic command simultaneously liberates the repressed nature within
Evidence
The enchanted men behave like the wild animals who hear Orpheus playing. The mythic commandment to which they succumb liberates at the same time the repressed nature in them. — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 71
Categorization
- DEFINE: Embodies the dialectical definition of enlightenment and myth as mutually generative.
- XREF: connects to: Survival under mythic divinities requires total submission to power; Desire’s failure to reach incarnation can flip consciousness into masochistic submission; Myth is what consciousness must overcome to become human. (+1 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Survival under mythic divinities requires total submission to power; Desire’s failure to reach incarnation can flip consciousness into masochistic submission; Myth is what consciousness must overcome to become human. (+1 more)