Reply To: The Boundary-Blurring Nature of Myth,” with Bradley Olson, Ph.D.”
No apologies necessary, Sunbug.
Disillusionment seems to me to require disappointment, some degree of emotional pain, and in that is, i think, the main thing that differentiates it from detachment. It may lead to detachment, but I think, as you mentioned, it’s much more likely to lead to cynicism.
Thank you for your energetic engagement on this topic!