In Charles Boer’s terms, the gods were neither “real” nor purely “imagined” but, rather, figures of a third realm of “imaginal reality”.
This is not to say that they were really, truly, objectively, out there in the real world, but, nevertheless, they went well beyond products of the modern imagination, even to the extent of possessing an autonomous influence in shaping mortal minds and behaviour. Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit Invited Speaker SeriesĪbstract Some scholars have argued (against the trend) that for a period in Greek history the gods appeared as vividly real persons and not merely personifications of abstract ideas.
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