Publication
Imprint: New York : Perennial Library an imprint of Harper & Row Publishers, c1990. Context: Transcription of thirteen lectures used as the basis for the a vhs video tape series of the same name, and later formed the backbone of the Mythos tv series. Responsibility: Joseph Campbell. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 263 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Call number
Myth / Campb
ISBN
0060964634 / 9780060964634
Original publication date
1990-02-28
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CSS Library Notes
Description: A collection of thirteen lectures, all given near the end of Joseph Campbell's life, that examine the great sweep of mythological development around the world and across the ages.
Table of Contents: 1. In the beginning : origins of man and myth --
2. Where people lived legends : American Indian myths --
3. And we washed our weapons in the sea : gods and goddesses of the neolithic period --
4. Pharaoh's rule : Egypt, the exodus, and the myth of Osiris --
5. The sacred source : the perennial philosophy of the East --
6. The way to enlightenment : Buddhism --
7. From id to ego in the Orient : Kundalini yoga, part I --
8. From psychology to spirituality : Kundalini yoga, part II --
9. The descent to heaven : the Tibetan book of the dead --
10. From darkness to light : the mystery religions of ancient Greece --
11. Where there was no path : Arthurian legends and the Western way --
12. A noble heart : the courtly love of Tristan and Isolde --
13. In search of the Holy Grail : the Parzival legend.
FY2002 /
Table of Contents: 1. In the beginning : origins of man and myth --
2. Where people lived legends : American Indian myths --
3. And we washed our weapons in the sea : gods and goddesses of the neolithic period --
4. Pharaoh's rule : Egypt, the exodus, and the myth of Osiris --
5. The sacred source : the perennial philosophy of the East --
6. The way to enlightenment : Buddhism --
7. From id to ego in the Orient : Kundalini yoga, part I --
8. From psychology to spirituality : Kundalini yoga, part II --
9. The descent to heaven : the Tibetan book of the dead --
10. From darkness to light : the mystery religions of ancient Greece --
11. Where there was no path : Arthurian legends and the Western way --
12. A noble heart : the courtly love of Tristan and Isolde --
13. In search of the Holy Grail : the Parzival legend.
FY2002 /
Physical description
263 p.; 24 cm
Description
A collection of thirteen lectures, all given near the end of Joseph Campbell's life, that examine the great sweep of mythological development around the world and across the ages.
Language
Original language
English
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LibraryThing member Czrbr
Book Description: HarperCollins Publishers Inc 1991. Transformations of Myth Through Time 30 December 1998 Paperback, 263 pages, B&w Photographs and Illustrations HarperCollins Publishers Inc New York, NY, USA ISBN 0060964634 Dimensions in millimeters: 235 x 189 x 19 Dimensions in inches: 9.25 x
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LibraryThing member hailelib
For Joseph Campbell this book is fairly accessible. It's apparently a companion book to a series of programs he did for PBS near the end of his life. Because it's an overview of myth from the earliest times up through the medieval Grail stories it did help me finally see some of the points that
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Campbell was making in other writings of his that I had previously read. However one needs to take the conclusions in the first part of the book with a grain of salt as our discoveries in the last twenty years about early man and even the beginnings of civilizations have changed some expert's opinions about the lives of these peoples. Also the text seemed to, at times, refer to illustrations that may have been used in the TV lecture but didn't make it into the book. Still, not a bad starting point to learn about Campbell's views on mythology. Show Less
LibraryThing member tgraettinger
Kind of obtuse at times, but pretty interesting in spots.