Thanks for the note Dfagala. If you see under my posting title it says "campbellite" for exactly the reason that I understand what you are saying. Joseph Campbell is one of my heroes. I have his masks of god series as well as many other texts by him, shopenhauer, bastian, and zimmer.
Very good stuff and crucial for anyone to have an informed approach to any of the mythologies of mankind!
Campbell and Sagan are two powerful Gurus
Namaste