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| Original Title: | The Power of Myth |
| ISBN: | 0385418868 (ISBN13: 9780385418867) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Joseph Campbell and Power of Myth |
Joseph Campbell
Paperback | Pages: 320 pages Rating: 4.29 | 41345 Users | 1683 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Power of Myth (Joseph Campbell and Power of Myth) |
| Author | : | Joseph Campbell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 320 pages |
| Published | : | June 1st 1988 by Anchor |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Fantasy. Mythology. Philosophy. Religion. History. Psychology. Spirituality |
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The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people. To him, mythology was the "song of the universe, the music of the spheres." With Bill Moyers, one of America's most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaging interviewer, The Power Of Myth touches on subjects from modern marriage to virgin births, from Jesus to John Lennon, offering a brilliant combination of intelligence and wit.Rating Out Of Books The Power of Myth (Joseph Campbell and Power of Myth)
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This book is full of wisdom. I read it slowly, kept it on my night table and read a page or two a night. Of course, Joseph Campbell is brilliant. I ended up underlining because so much is profound and so much goes deep into not only the world we live in but the personal soul. He talks a lot about going inward and finding your own harmony. The Great Silence! The silence beyond sound. Myth and storytellers, the hero's adventures, gift of the goddess, and the female principle all lead up to, not soI actually never thought I'd be writing a review and typing out the sentence, "this book changed my life." But I can't really get around it. It feels dramatic and sweeping and ridiculous, but this book really changed my life. It was also a matter of good timing, and I was also given some thoughts from watching "The Wind Rises" at the same time as I was reading. Joseph Campbell speaks about his knowledge as if it is unequivocal, unarguable truth. I was charmed and yet annoyed. I was firmly rooted
There is something very fishy about our existence. We are unaware of it most of the time, but it tickles us all from time to time.Suddenly we realize we 'are', we actually exist. That's a weird thing. One day we open our eyes, and theres a world outside.These things trouble me. Since when do I exist? How come I wasnt here, then I suddenly came out of nowhere? Hows it possible that something as concrete as I actually came out of nowhere? And exactly at what time did I come into being? At my
If you were to read only one book in your lifetime, what book would you want that to be? Well, that is certainly an unfair question since it is difficult to make that choice. However, if I was given the option of choosing only 20 books to read in my lifetime, The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell would certainly be on that list.This book is about popular myths from different cultures leading up to present day beliefs and practices. It is much more than that as well it is about life, purpose and
This book is full of wisdom. I read it slowly, kept it on my night table and read a page or two a night. Of course, Joseph Campbell is brilliant. I ended up underlining because so much is profound and so much goes deep into not only the world we live in but the personal soul. He talks a lot about going inward and finding your own harmony. The Great Silence! The silence beyond sound. Myth and storytellers, the hero's adventures, gift of the goddess, and the female principle all lead up to, not so
Just as 'Public Communicators' like Cousteau, Sagan and deGrasse Tyson have translated sprawling, complex phenomena of the natural sciences into digestible, imperative docutainment, so did Joseph Campbellwith socratic cheerleading from interviewer Bill Moyersdistill leading mythological scholarship of the humanities and social sciences, including his own substantial work, into a kind of cultural and ecological advocacy intended for a late 1980s american television audience.CAMPBELL: I think of
The Power of Myth (Joseph Campbell and Power of Myth), Joseph Campbell, Bill MoyersThe Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people. To him, mythology was the "song of the universe, the music of the spheres." With Bill Moyers, one of America's most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaging interviewer, The Power Of Myth touches on
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