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Not I alone stray to the cave, nor do I alone burn with love for fair Endymion; oft times w/ thoughts of love have I been driven away by thy crafty spells, in order that in the darkness of night thou mightest work thy sorcery at ease, even the deeds dear to thee. & now thou thyself too hast a like mad passion. Well, go on, & steel thy heart, wise though thou be, to take up the burden of pain, fraught with many sighs

Not I alone stray to the cave, nor do I alone burn with love for fair Endymion; oft times w/ thoughts of love have I been driven away by thy crafty spells, in order that in the darkness of night thou mightest work thy sorcery at ease, even the deeds dear to thee. & now thou thyself too hast a like mad passion. Well, go on, & steel thy heart, wise though thou be, to take up the burden of pain, fraught with many sighs

The purpose is to let the myths speak for themselves, as far as this is possible: to reveal the structures which reflect the abstract, or belief, system of the people concerned, rather than to impose one upon them from outside. When a philosophical approach of this age is applied to the ancient material…the effect is to rewrite the past and present in terms which satisfy dogmas the present day.