Akira The Don, Joseph Campbell - The FUNCTIONS lyrics

Now there have been in the past
200 years a great, great many
Investigations and researches
Some of them very pious
Some of them very
Cynical of the religions of the world
And certain quite constant
Motives basic themes
Have come out throughout the whole field
These universals these continually recurring
Themes

Also, in each of the various areas
There are quite special
Particular inflections quite different
From those in other areas
That is to say, we have this spectacle of
Continuity and consistency
And at the same time differentiation
I want to speak tonight in a very general way
To the main
Problems that these situations
And these observations bring up

What are the functions the human functions
Served by mythologies what are the functions
The human functions served by mythologies
By symbolic forms which
Have been served for 200, 000 years
200, 000 years

And have sustained the race
Even on the simplest level and even on
The levels of the highest cultures
We all know the greatest monuments
The greatest architectural
And art
Monuments
Are in celebration of these mysteries
I don’t care where you turn
These are the things we now
Go by jet to see

What are the functions the human functions
Served by mythologies what are the functions
The human functions served by mythologies
By symbolic forms which
Have been served for 200, 000 years
200, 000 years

What are the functions the human functions
Served by mythologies what are the functions
The human functions served by mythologies
By symbolic forms which
Have been served for 200, 000 years
200, 000 years