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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
"Everywhere that the ethos is failed or decomposing, the YoungGirl appears as the carrier of the fleeting, colorless morals of the Spectacle.
The YoungGirl’s not supposed to understand you."
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btw, that is very Campbellian
"But when it suddenly dawns on us, or is forced to our attention, that everything we think or do is necessarily tainted with the odor of flesh, then, not uncommonly, there is experienced a moment of revulsion: Life, the acts of life, the organs of life, woman in particular as the great symbol of Life, become intolerable.."
which is not to imply Campbell was anti-women or against enjoying their company..
"women, in the picture of mythology, represents the totality of what can be known.. by deficient eyes she is reduced to inferior states, by the evil eye of ignorance she is spellbound to banality and ugliness.. but she is redeemed by the eyes of those with true understanding."
For Campbell, love and relationships are the penultimate purpose of humanity and part of the central role of human understanding and especially religiosity.
"The ultimate adventure, when all barriers and ogres have been overcome, is commonly represented as the mystical marriage of the triumphant hero-soul with the Queen Goddess of the World."
(ie, our own relationships are in fact our greatest test and subsequently greatest accomplishments towards zen)