All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you. - Joseph Campbell

the society that cherishes and keeps its myths alive will be nourished from the soundest, richest strata of the human spirit.

A good way to learn is to find a book that seems to be dealing with the problems that you're now dealing with. That will certainly give you some clues. in my own life I took my instruction from reading Thomas Mann and James Joyce, both of whom had applied basic mythological themes to the interpretation of the problems, questions, realizations, and concerns of young men growing up in the modern world. You can discover your own guiding-myth motifs through the works of a good novelist who himself understands these things. p177

The problem of the theologian is to keep his symbol translucent, so that it may not block out the very light it is supposed to convey.