Found in a "Books Everywhere" pile, everywhere but here, an ex-nun (8 years) writing about the history of world mythology, breaking it into eras of hunter/gatherer, agrarian, axial and post-axial, until finally we reach the "Great Western Transformation". 

She's good, not - as you might suspect of a nun, obsessively "religious", she seems to have come to a reasoned understanding or series of epiphanies that explain world mythology. 

These books aren't as common as you might think.

Nothing I didn't know, but - she does refer me to an abundance of myths and sources I haven't read. Worthwhile.

And I'm always curious - like minds we always are, we see things the same way, but divide and weigh them differently,

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