"..The images of polytheistic mytho- logy are themselves therapeutic because they give place to the soul's variety and conflict. We can imagine tensions when we have an orientation in the first place that acknowledges many different directions in the psyche. A bias toward monotheism shudders to find many tendencies in tension and aims toward a unified resolution.
A polytheistic position holds tension so that all parties concerned find a way to coexist".
Thomas Moore, A Blue Fire 
at 20:40
