Secular Sangha: A Secular Buddhist Group discussion

Use this thread to discuss The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell.

I think that the approach that this book takes can be helpful in finding meaning in the supernatural claims of Buddhism without literally believing in the supernatural claims.

That is, I think that looking at the non-secular concepts in Buddhism through the lens offered in this book can be helpful in creating secular meaning from them through viewing them as allegories, parables, etc for secular concepts.

I came across the following defense of using myth and allegory to convey truth in Religion, a Dialogue, Etc.: The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer, which I think sums up a central point of this book well: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10833...

"... truth, which is inexpressible except by means of myth and
allegory, is like water, which can be carried about only in
vessels; a philosopher who insists on obtaining it pure is like a
man who breaks the jug in order to get the water by itself."