the man with a thousand faces joseph campbell

I sincerely hope you all live and dream sweetly, immortals, wherever on the hero’s journey you may be: sheltering-in-place or braving the world, and that I will live and dream sweetly, too. These are the immortals.” pg 142 Photo by Gabriel Peter on “Those who know, not only that the Everlasting lives in them but that what they, and all things, really are is the Everlasting, dwell in the groves of the wish-fulfilling trees, drink the brew of immortality, and listen everywhere to the unheard music of eternal concord.

We find these similarities mirrored through our stories, our life stages, how we live and how we dream. It also demonstrates that though we look different and live very different lifestyles, at our soul level, there are many similarities to humanity. The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell 4.6 (16) Hardcover (Second Edition) 22.49 24.95 Save 10 Hardcover 22.49 eBook 12.99 Audiobook 42.99 Audio MP3 on CD 19.99 Audio CD 29. I think it has plenty of treasures to be discovered for spiritual seekers of every kind. Perhaps I’ll try this book again in the future, when my life doesn’t feel so off-kilter. Between the trouble focusing and the bouncing around from myth to myth, this was a difficult read for me. Campbell presents the different myths in pieces organized by his heroic stages rather than in one flowing story. Wars and temper tantrums are the makeshifts of ignorance regrets are illuminations come too late.” pg 101 Photo by Pixabay on īut honestly, I had trouble focusing because of certain current events. “… every failure to cope with a life situation must be laid, in the end, to a restriction of consciousness. I also like to see how humankind incorporates the mythical not just in our stories, but in the way we set up our societies. The topic, comparative mythology, is one I find particularly fascinating. I think in different circumstances I may have enjoyed this book very much. “Furthermore, we have not even to risk the adventure alone for the heroes of all time have gone before us the labyrinth is thoroughly known we have only to follow the thread of the hero-path.” pg 18

The man with a thousand faces joseph campbell