“As we delve into the fascinating connections between Plato’s mythology of Atlantis and embryology, Dr. Bonaduce explains how the story reflects the process of cellular mitosis and conforms to the trauma theories of Donald Kallshed. We also explore the implications of Freud’s idea of being born as a “tabula rasa” and how John’s personal experiences – from his parents’ tumultuous relationship to his mother’s nine miscarriages – shaped his worldview and experiences in the womb.” — Dr. Thomas R VernyTwo formerly unrelated academic fields, prenatal science and mythological studies, are quietly merging under the heading of a new theory: mythobiogenesis. One need not be a philologist to tease out the meaning of the word: Myth has a biological genesis. According to this conceptual model, much of what we call mythology, fairy tales, and sacred scripture derives from a fundamental impulse to retell in culturally specific ways the universal intrauterine experience of life before birth.
Cosmos and Logos: Journal of Myth, Religion, and Folklore (August 2017) (Volume 3)
