Transformations of Myth Through Time

Transformations of Myth Through Time

by Joseph Campbell
Transformations of Myth Through Time

Transformations of Myth Through Time

by Joseph Campbell

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Overview

The renowned master of mythology is at his warm, accessible, and brilliant best in this illustrated collection of thirteen lectures covering mythological development around the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780060964634
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 02/28/1990
Series: Harper Perennial
Pages: 280
Sales rank: 1,112,734
Product dimensions: 7.38(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Joseph Campbell, (1904-1987) wrote, among other books, the classics The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Inner Reaches of Outer Space, and The Masks of God. A prolific writer, lecturer, and scholar of art, history, religion, and culture, he taught at Sarah Lawrence College.

Table of Contents

1In the Beginning: Origins of Man and Myth1
2Where People Lived Legends: American Indian Myths25
3And We Washed Our Weapons in the Sea: Gods and Goddesses of the Neolithic Period49
4Pharaoh's Rule: Egypt, the Exodus, and the Myth of Osiris73
5The Sacred Source: The Perennial Philosophy of the East93
6The Way to Enlightenment: Buddhism111
7From Id to Ego in the Orient: Kundalini Yoga, Part I129
8From Psychology to Spirituality: Kundalini Yoga, Part II151
9The Descent to Heaven: The Tibetan Book of the Dead171
10From Darkness to Light: The Mystery Religions of Ancient Greece189
11Where There Was No Path: Arthurian Legends and the Western Way209
12A Noble Heart: The Courtly Love of Tristan and Isolde229
13In Search of the Holy Grail: The Parzival Legend245
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