One & Many

Houston we have a problem!

Anytime that we are going to propose a solution to the dilemmas of a living existence in a world such as this-one we are liable to run into a difficulty or two. For the monotheistic psychology based upon 'the One' that difficulty can be felt in a certain tightness and rigidity--a narrowness and constriction--that appears to deny multiplicity and difference for the sake of 'the One.'

A polytheistic psychology has its own problem, though. I don't suspect it could be termed a panacea for what ails us. The long-noted problem inherent in a polytheistic psyche is that of 'integration.' How shall the various gods get along? What shall bring us direction and order? We can't just have a cacophony of voices can we? We need some ordering principle do we not? We need 'the One,' right?