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> >James, Without that how do you know there is an underlying truth as 
> opposed to an underlying myth?
> 

Alas, Van Dell, the problem is that the scientific age has redefined the 
words of our language.  'Know' now means 'verifiable by scientific inquiry'.  
Likewise the meanin of 'truth' is now in our minds bound up in the likes of 
double 
blind studies.

And yet further 'myth' now means not verified by scientific inquiry.

A pity all that, because we have now limited ourselves to one tiny narrow 
channel of knowing.  A pity, I say, because I look at where a continuous line 
of 
scientific thinking, of scientific knowing, has gotten us.  We are 
(collecively) obese, moronic, sickly, and any "scientific" definition of 
happiness is 
dependent on things out of our control and ultimately not renewable.

So how do I know that a lot of my schtick is not myth.  I don't.  I highly 
suspect it is.  And that's good.  It will lead me somewhere away from where 
everyone else is heading and I'm pleased with that.

'Myth' (mythos) by the bye means 'a story'.  I prefer my existence to be a 
story, a poem, a song, or a dance rather than a formula.


James