CULTURAL KINETICS AND

MYTHOGRAPHY

 

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Cultural kinetics is the scientific study of cultures in transition. Cultures in transition follow patterns of human development. Patterns of human development are presented in all the mythologies of the world and are known as archetypes.

 

Archetypes are not just symbols of human characters, they also represent stages and processes of wider cultural development.

 

Archetypes are not static but always imply process of growth, development and change, they are kinetic.

 

Mythological traditions therefore contain information of great use to cultural kinetics. But this information is codified in symbolic narrative form. To access it first we must know where to look for the relevant myths, and then to decode this information we must strip the myths down to their composite nuts and bolts. This is what a mythographer does.

 

The global stock of mythology represents the accumulated wisdom and experience of humanity reaching back over six thousand years. In the past any given culture has only had access to its own tradition, people shopped in their local corner shops for home grown produce. Thanks to the internet we can now shop in the supermarket for produce from all over the world.

 

Abracadia sources narrative traditions from cultures as diverse as Native American, Bushman, Aboriginal, Celtic, Medieval, African, Indian, South Pacific, Caribbean, Greek, Norse, Near and Far Eastern, Judeo-Christian, Ancient Egyptian and modern.  What these sources cannot tell us about cultural change is not worth knowing.

 

Finally, the narrative of cultural change is negotiated through dialogue between stakeholders in a process known as history. The very constructs of narrative and dialogue are what comprises myths. When working through issues of cultural change ourselves we use these constructs too. Mythography equips us with the tool-bag and manuals to engage in the processes of narrative and dialogue in the most constructive way, enabling you to bring about the sorts of change you need.