ABSTRACT
Jung is a major figure in the project of deliteralizing religion and returning it to its base in myth. He brings a vast and comprehensive knowledge to bear on the subject and introduces a psychological depth not found in other commentators. Jung took risks with truth and tried to relate religious statements to the modern psyche. He felt truth must never remain static but had to be updated. Jung was not a "progressive" who wanted to throw out symbols because no one could understand them. Myths and symbols thrive on different perspectives, reinterpretations, and performances. They invite theatrical or dramatic representations, and this variety is healthy for the organs of mythos. When religion is changed from a collection of concepts to a narrative of symbols, the result is the recovered health of the mythos. The virgin birth, the resurrection, the second coming were symbols of the life of the spirit.
