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Joseph Campbell: “If we think of the Crucifixion only in historical terms, we lose the symbol’s immediate reference to ourselves.”

  Image: Thanks-Giving Square, Dallas   Joseph Campbell Reflects about Easter Symbolism  What has always been basic to Easter, or resurrection, is crucifixion. If you want resurrection, you must have crucifixion. Too many interpretations of the Crucifixion have failed to emphasize that relationship and emphasize instead the calamity of the event. If you emphasize the…