Myth and the Prophetic Voice

If we think of the prophetic voice to be that which declares a reality other than the "common sense" of space-time, and which is typically expressed through mythic narrative, poetic speech, and iconic image, then the following quotes suggests why human beings, as Yeshua said, "cannot live by bread alone."

Myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human culture.
--Joseph Campbell

Myth is the ark which carries the knowlede of what it takes to remain human, set loose upon the vast sea of time.
--William Sullivan