Myths Are Only Myths

"As we look back over human history, every pinnacle of civilization, whether it be Mayan or Greco-Roman or Sung Dynasty, has believed that it was in possession of an accurate description of the cosmos and Man's relationship to it. This seems to go along with the full flowering of a civilization. But from the point of view of our present civilization we regard all of those conceptions as at worst quaint and at best half-right, and congratulate ourselves that our civilization, at last, has its finger on the description of what is really going on. What blinds us, or what makes historical progress very difficult, is our lack of awareness to our own ignorance."

-- Terence McKenna