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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 creative imagination. Campbell stresses that the borders dividing the Earth have been shattered; that myths and religions have always followed the certain basic archetypes and are no longer exclusive to a single people, region, or religion. He shows how we must recognize their common denominators and allow this knowledge to be of use in fulfilling human potential everywhere.

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Joseph Campbell became interested in mythology during his childhood in New York, when he read books about American Indians and frequently visited the American Museum of Natural History, where he 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 Upanishads and The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. The many books by Professor Campbell include The Hero with a Thousand Faces, The Flight of the Wild Gander, The Masks of God, and The Mythic Image. He edited The Portable Arabian Nights, The Portable Jung, and other works. He died in 1987.

Foreword

v

Johnson E. Fairchild

Preface

vii

The Impact of Science on Myth

3

(18)

The Emergence of Mankind

21

(23)

The Importance of Rites

44

(17)

The Separation of East and West

61

(21)

The Confrontation of East and West in Religion

82

(23)

The Inspiration of Oriental Art

105

(21)

Zen

126

(22)

The Mythology of Love

148

(21)

Mythologies of War and Peace

169

(32)

Schizophrenia---the Inward Journey

201

(32)

The Moon Walk---the Outward Journey

233

(17)

Envoy: No More Horizons

250

(17)

Reference Notes

267

(4)

Index

271

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Myths to Live by

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