dhw: For me mythology doesn't come into it, if by that you are referring to books like the Bible and the Koran.-No, I had something more like Joseph Campbell's take on mythology. Mythology and Jungian psychology may shed some light on the workings of the unconscious. I'm with you when it comes to holy books, although even these could be read intelligently as literature with subtle meanings rather than as explicit directions for currying favor with the head honcho so as to get invited to the big hereafter.