The Functions

Now there have been
 In the past
 200 years
 A great, great many
 Investigations and researches
 Some of them very
 Pious
 Some of them
 Very
 Cynical
 Of the religions of the world
 And certain
 Quite constant
 Motives
 Basic themes
 Have come out
 Throughout the whole field
 These universals
 These continually recurring
 Themes
 Also, in each of the various areas
 There are quite special
 Particular inflections
 Quite different
 From those in
 Other areas
 That is to say, we have this spectacle of
 Continuity
 And consistency
 And at the same time
 Differentiation
 I want to speak tonight in a very general way
 To
 The main
 Problems
 That these situations
 And these observations
 Bring up
 What are the functions
 The human functions
 Served by mythologies
 What are the functions
 The human functions
 Served by mythologies
 By symbolic forms
 Which
 Have been served
 For 200,000 years
 200,000 years
 And have sustained the race
 Even on the simplest level
 And even on
 The levels of the highest cultures
 We all know the greatest
 Monuments
 The greatest
 Architectural
 And
 Art
 Monuments
 Are in celebration of these mysteries
 I don't care where you turn
 These are the things
 We now
 Go by jet
 To see
 What are the functions
 The human functions
 Served by mythologies
 What are the functions
 The human functions
 Served by mythologies
 By symbolic forms
 Which
 Have been served
 For 200,000 years
 200,000 years
 What are the functions
 The human functions
 Served by mythologies
 What are the functions
 The human functions
 Served by mythologies
 By symbolic forms
 Which
 Have been served
 For 200,000 years
 200,000 years