In 'Myths to live by', Joseph Campbell explores the enduring power of the universal myths that influence our lives daily and examines the myth-making process from the primitive past to the immediate present, retuning always to the source from which all mythology springs - the creative imagination. C
Myths to live by
โ Scribed by Joseph Campbell
- Publisher
- Penguin;Bantam Books
- Year
- 1993;1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 186 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0140194614
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
SUMMARY: The brilliant author of The Masks of God shares his ideas and speculations on our universal myths, in a fascinating, very personal work which explores the enduring power of the myths that influence our lives and examines the myth-making process from the primitive past to the immediate present.
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**Discover Myth** "_There's no one quite like Joseph Campbell. He knows the vast sweep of man's panoramic past as few men have ever known it._ " --The Village Voice Joseph Campbell famously compared mythology to a kangaroo pouch for the human mind and spirit: "a womb with a view." In Myths to Live
SUMMARY: The brilliant author of The Masks of God shares his ideas and speculations on our universal myths, in a fascinating, very personal work which explores the enduring power of the myths that influence our lives and examines the myth-making process from the primitive past to the immediate prese
SUMMARY: The brilliant author of The Masks of God shares his ideas and speculations on our universal myths, in a fascinating, very personal work which explores the enduring power of the myths that influence our lives and examines the myth-making process from the primitive past to the immediate pre
SUMMARY: The brilliant author of The Masks of God shares his ideas and speculations on our universal myths, in a fascinating, very personal work which explores the enduring power of the myths that influence our lives and examines the myth-making process from the primitive past to the immediate prese
Joseph Campbell was the world s greatest authority on myth, his monumental four-volume The Masks of God is a definitive work on the subject, and in Myths to Live By he explores how these enduring myths still influence our daily lives and can provide personal meaning in our lives. Myths are a way of