Metaphysical influence
In your article on the myth, you wrote:
“There is a common answer to this matter, and I don’t know its origin. The claim is that our forefather Abraham ‘lowered’ this measure of dedication to the sanctification of God to the world. After him, it was easier to do so.
This explanation can perhaps be understood on a different psychological, or ‘rational’ level. We could say that after we have learned about Abraham and been influenced by him, we manage to do his deeds more easily, and this is no longer such a big deal. My intention here is to make a different claim: there is a metaphysical influence here. Our father Abraham has a part in the act of that mother and her seven sons, beyond the fact that the act was done under his influence. My intention is to say that even those who have not heard of our father Abraham, or of the Akedah, are influenced by it in a specific way. This is not an ‘educational myth’ in the sense accepted today, but a ‘working myth’ (see Barish Orot Hakodesh for such a perception of the Torah in general).
I didn’t really understand what you wrote. Could you expand a little?
What didn’t you understand? Expand more than in the article? The business seems pretty clear to me here. (Although I’m not sure I stand behind the things today.)
Okay, in other words, why don't you accept what you wrote (I think that's how I can better define my feelings)?
Because I am less inclined to accept metaphysical influences (although I cannot rule it out for sure). There are also phenomena like Zeitgeist (spirit of time).
https://he.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98%D7%92%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98
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