To wholeness, in the midst of a broken world. And she makes it back. There's the hope. It is not hope for a world made whole by our myths or anything else. It is the hope for wholeness, connection in ourselves and with those we love.
Religion comes from the root meaning to bind together.
Many of the myths that we live are about taking apart. About separating from each other and ourselves. These myths reflect a reality about who we are as human beings. But too few of the myths we live bring us around to the other part of the journey. Too many of the myths we live seem to support our culture of violence against each other.