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