Tradition
Supposedly we in this enlightened era have gotten away from the old superstitions. This seems blatantly false. We just leached any meaning or wisdom out of them reducing them to psychosis. Jung delved into mystical practices, ancient symbolism and systems of thought because in his practice of psycho-analysis (despite it being a supposed age of reason) he saw these forces and practices still reproducing themselves, even without guidance or tradition to preserve them.
Well tradition is alive, and the more we understand their meaning and significance the more we know ourselves.
“A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril.” Winston Churchill (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)
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