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Occidental Mythology: The Masks of God, Volume III

Occidental Mythology

Author: Joseph Campbell   Series: Masks of God

Campbell offers a systematic and fascinating comparison of the themes that underlie the art, worship, and literature of the Western world. "The high function of Occidental myth and ritual . . . is to establish a means of relationship—of God to Man and Man to God".—Joseph Campbell.

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Campbell offers a systematic and fascinating comparison of the themes that underlie the art, worship, and literature of the Western world. "The high function of Occidental myth and ritual . . . is to establish a means of relationship—of God to Man and Man to God".—Joseph Campbell.

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A systematic and fascinating comparison of the themes that underlie the art, worship, and literature of the Western world.

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Critic Reviews

“"I consider this, as his other books, of outstanding importance and scholarship, clarity and depth. I believe that anyone truly interested in the sience of man ”

... will find these books a wealth of data, penetratingly analyzed and written in such a way that he has the chance of digesting them in his own manner." --Erich Fromm

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About the Author

Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) was a writer, an anthropologist, lecturer and teacher. His lifelong fascination with myth began at the age of six when he was enchanted by a performance of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. A teacher at Sarah Lawrence College for 38 years, he authored, co-authored and edited dozens of books on mythology in art and religion.

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books | Arkana
Published
30th November 1991
Pages
576
ISBN
9780140194418

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