AcknowledgementsList of FiguresIntroduction1. MYTH AND MYTH MAKINGLiving Myths Making Meaning Science is Mythology that WorksCreation Myths and the Psychology of the Myth makersTop-Down versus Bottom-Up ProcessingThe Middle Zone of Conscious Reflection2. THE SOCIAL BRAINOrigins of Story within the Social BrainOrigins of Symbolic LanguageThe Decline of Religion The Rise of Secular HumanismMyth, Religion, and Science: Some DistinctionsThe Projection ProcessPerception versus Imagination during ProjectionProjecting a World ViewStalking the Truth3. INTRODUCING THE NEW SCIENCESThe Birth of ScienceWhere Inner and Outer Eyes MeetThe Observer EffectSelf-Reference in Creation MythsFractal GeometryFractal ParadoxesObserver DependenceIn the BeginningFundamental UncertaintyChaos TheoryThe Chaos of LifeSex, Culture, and ScienceThe Magic of Mythology4. PSYCHE AND EROS TODAYMyth of Psyche and ErosA Nonlinear, Nongendered InterpretationCoupled Dynamics during DevelopmentThe Importance of HelpersPatterns of Destiny as the Fractal Residue of ChanceThe Fractal Nature of Psyche's TasksDeath and Rebirth The Universal Human StruggleThree Realms of Inner ComplexityPsyche Endlessly Reflected in Indra's NetWisdom of the Pearl5. FOUNDATIONS: CURIOSITY, MEMORY AND METAPHORCuriosity Inspires the Cat to Spin the YarnWired for StoryTo Hear Stories, Perchance to Remember ThemThe Importance of ContextMemory PalaceMyth and MetaphorWorld EggUroborusCoupled DynamicsIn the End.