Myths to Live By
"Myths, according to Freud's view, are of the psychological order of dream. Myths, so to say, are public dreams; dreams are private myths. "
"There is no one quite like Joseph Campbell. He knows the vast sweep of man's panoramic past as few men have evern known it." -The Village Voice
What is a properly functioning mythology and what are its functions? Can we use myths to help relieve our modern anxiety, or do they help foster it? 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…
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February 1, 1993Joseph Campbell was interested in mythology since his childhood in New York, when he read books about American Indians, frequently visited the American Museum of Natural History, and was fascinated by the museum's collection of totem poles. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Columbia in 1925 and 1927 and went on to study medieval French and Sanskrit at the universities of Paris and Munich. After a period in California, where he encountered John Steinbeck and the biologist Ed Ricketts, he taught at the Canterbury School, then, in 1934, joined the literature department at Sarah Lawrence College, a post he retained for many years. During the 1940s and '50s, he helped Swami Nikhilananda to translate the…
Myths to Live By
Joseph Campbell
The Power of Myth
Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers
The Universal Myths
Alexander Eliot
If the Buddha Got Stuck
Charlotte Kasl
It's Hard to Make a Difference When You Can't Find Your Keys
Marilyn Byfield Paul
Reluctant Saint
Donald Spoto
Journey to the Well
Vashti M. McKenzie
The Jewish Book of Why
Alfred J. Kolatch
Thirty Days
Paul Mariani
The Lakota Way
Joseph M. Marshall III
The Secrets of Jesuit Soupmaking
Rick Curry
The Path to Tranquility
Dalai Lama
Yoga for Transformation
Gary Kraftsow
Being Black
Angel Kyodo Williams
Bone
Marion Woodman
The Glance
Jalaloddin Rumi
Looking for Mary
Beverly Donofrio