Jung suggested the possibility that it might be possible to write literature using symbols from Frazer which would function in modern civilization-for individuals-as myth functions in primitive culture for the group. In doing so, the poet would not only be creating workable private mythologies for his readers, but moving toward the formation of a new social mythology. This is the duty of the modern artist, according to Campbell, who believes that only in the "storehouse of recorded values"-literature-can this be accomplished:
