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Part 2 - Resources

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"Big Story" refers to the Big Story that cultures tell that answer the basic Big Questions, such as, Where do we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? How should I act? among others.

These Big Stories present the basic language and imagery that a people uses to make itself present, e.g., in how it speaks of and imagines the stranger, the other, the alien. Or, how men view and relate to women. Or, how humans see themselves in respect to gods, divinities, etc.

Big Stories include myths, sagas, epics, hypotheses, theories, historical narratives, fables, worldviews and other literary forms. Also, ceremonies, performances, rituals, disciplines, practices, artifacts, songs, hymns, symbols, and other sensory devices and tools that express the key values (intellectual and emotional) of the Big Story, itself.

A Big Story has a story of origin that presents how an individual within a culture is to go about understanding and interpreting the world. For example, in respect to the Scientism Big Story the individual sees himself as a reasoning mind that has evolved over millennia from an original Big Bang wherein inorganic life eventually gives rise to organic life forms.

 

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