Huston Smith Quote

Only while they are conforming their actions to the model of some archetypal hero do the Arunta feel that they are truly alive, for in those roles they are immortal. The occasions on which they slip from such molds are quite meaningless, for time immediately devours those occasions and reduces them to nothingness.


On Australian indigenous spirituality. - The World's Religions (1991)


Only while they are conforming their actions to the model of some archetypal hero do the Arunta feel that they are truly alive, for in those roles...

Only while they are conforming their actions to the model of some archetypal hero do the Arunta feel that they are truly alive, for in those roles...

Only while they are conforming their actions to the model of some archetypal hero do the Arunta feel that they are truly alive, for in those roles...

Only while they are conforming their actions to the model of some archetypal hero do the Arunta feel that they are truly alive, for in those roles...