D E wrote:
>the main difference is lack of longevity-
> Greek myths are merely older, but how much "more true" are they? Hard to
> work out a unit of measure on that front...
You might make an argument, though, that
lots more people have worshipped the
Greek gods than have worshipped Star
Trek characters and therefore the former
have more power, even if they are not
taken to be actual gods or aspects of
the divine. How many people have made
actual sacrifices to Star Trek
characters? How many people have been
executed for being impious about Star
Trek characters? Etc. Even if you are
not familiar with the Greek pantheon, if
you learn about it, you can tap into all
the power that people have ascribed to
them/given them down through the ages.
Is that not an egregore that exists over
time instead of for a moment in time? Or
am I not understanding that right?
Harry Roth
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