As I recall, C. G. Jung believed literalism is the death of the religious instinct. That is certainly true. We must be open to imaginal knowing because this work of reconstruction is not going to be done logically, rationally, or cerebrally. That mode of knowing is simply not adequate to the greatness and the depth of the task. Once we touch the way people imagine a situation, change will happen easily and naturally. That is why Jesus told stories to help people re-imagine their lives and their relationship with the universe. Once the overall gestalt switches, thinking and feeling change
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