Hero with a Thousand Faces

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Joseph Campbell
The Hero with a Thousand Faces

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Joseph Campbell’s classic cross-cultural study of the hero’s journey has inspired millions and opened up new areas of research and exploration. Originally published in 1949, the book hit the New York Times best-seller list in 1988 when it became the subject of The Power of Myth, a PBS television special.

The first popular work to combine the spiritual and psychological insights of modern psychoanalysis with the archetypes of world mythology, the book creates a roadmap for navigating the frustrating path of latest life. Examining heroic myths in the light of modern psychology, it considers not only the patterns and stages of mythology but also its relevance to our lives today–and to the life of any person seeking a completely realized existence.

Myth, according to Campbell, is the projection of a culture’s dreams onto a large screen; Campbell’s book, like Star Wars, the film it helped inspire, is an exploration of the big-picture moments from the stage that may be our world. This is a will have to-have resource for both experienced students of mythology and the explorer just beginning to approach myth as a source of knowledge.

Originally written by Campbell in the ’40s– in his pre-Bill Moyers days — and famous as George Lucas’ inspiration for “Star Wars,” this book will likewise inspire any author or reader in its well regarded as assertion that whilst all stories have already been told, this is *not* a bad thing, since the *retelling* is still necessary. And whilst our own life’s journey will have to all the time be ended alone, the trip is undertaken in the company not only of immediate loved ones and primal passion, but of the heroes and heroines — and myth-cycles — that have preceded us.
Joseph Campbell
The Hero with a Thousand Faces

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