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Myths to Live By is a collection of essays, originally given as lectures at the Cooper Union Forum, by mythologist Joseph Campbell between 1958 and 1971.
The deep power of myth on the inner, spiritual lives of human beings throughout the ages (including our own age) is the common theme running throughout all of the essays in the collection.
Contents
- The Impact of Science on Myth (1961)
- The Emergence of Mankind (1966)
- The Importance of Rites (1964)
- The Separation of East and West (1961)
- The Confrontation of East and West in Religion (1970)
- The Inspiration of Oriental Art (1958)
- Zen (1969)
- The Mythology of Love (1967)
- Mythologies of War and Peace (1967)
- Schizophrenia - the Inward Journey (1970)
- The Moon Walk- The Outer Journey (1970)
- Envoy: No More Horizons (1971)
Publication history
- Penguin Compass, New York, 1972, ISBN 978-0-1401-9461-6
- Paladin Press, London, 1985, ISBN 978-0-5860-8528-8
- Bantam Books, New York, 1988, ISBN 978-0-5532-7088-4
- Penguin Books, Australia, 1993, ISBN 978-0-1401-9461-6
- Souvenir Press, London, 2000, ISBN 978-0-2856-4731-2
- Joseph Campbell Foundation, 2011, (ebook) ISBN 978-1-6117-8000-0
External links
Joseph Campbell Books Where the Two Came to Their Father: A Navaho War Ceremonial (1943). with Jeff King and Maud Oakes • A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake (1944). with Henry Morton Robinson • The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949). •
The Masks of God
(1959–1968)Volume 1, Primitive Mythology (1959) • Volume 2, Oriental Mythology (1962) • Volume 3, Occidental Mythology (1964) • Volume 4, Creative Mythology (1968)) •The Flight of the Wild Gander:Explorations in the Mythological Dimension (1968) • Myths to Live By (1972) • Erotic irony and mythic forms in the art of Thomas Mann (1973) • The Mythic Image (1974) • The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor As Myth and As Religion (1986) •
Historical Atlas
of World Mythology
(1983–1989)Volume I: The Way of the Animal Powers (1983) (reprint in two parts: Part 1: Mythologies of the Primitive Hunters and Gatherers (1988);
Part 2: Mythologies of the Great Hunt (1988)) • Volume II: The Way of the Seeded Earth (Part 1: The Sacrifice (1988); Part 2: Mythologies of the Primitive Planters: The North Americas (1989);
Part 3: Mythologies of the Primitive Planters: The Middle and Southern Americas (1989)) •Transformations of Myth Through Time (1990) • A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living (1991). editor Diane K. Osbon • Mythic Worlds, Modern Words: On the Art of James Joyce (1993). editor Edmund L. Epstein • The Mythic Dimension: Selected Essays (1959–1987) (1993). editor Anthony Van Couvering • Baksheesh & Brahman: Indian Journals (1954–1955) (1995). editors Robin/Stephen Larsen & Anthony Van Couvering • Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor (2001). editor Eugene Kennedy • Sake & Satori: Asian Journals - Japan (2002). editor David Kudler • Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal (2003). editor David Kudler • Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation (2004). editor David KudlerBooks based
upon interviewsThe Power of Myth (1988). with Bill Moyers and editor Betty Sue Flowers • An Open Life: Joseph Campbell in Conversation with Michael Toms (1989). editors John Maher and Dennie Briggs, forward by Jean Erdman Campbell • This business of the gods: Interview with Fraser Boa (1989) • The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work (1990). editor Phil CousineauAudio tapes The Power of Myth (With Bill Moyers) (1987) • Transformation of Myth through Time Volume 1-3 (1989) • The Hero with a Thousand Faces: The Cosmogonic Cycle (Read by Ralph Blum) (1990) • The Way of Art (1990—unlicensed) • The Lost Teachings of Joseph Campbell Volume 1-9 (With Michael Toms) (1993) • On the Wings of Art: Joseph Campbell; Joseph Campbell on the Art of James Joyce (1995) • The Wisdom of Joseph Campbell (With Michael Toms) (1997) •
The Collected Lectures
of Joseph CampbellVolume 1: Mythology and the Individual (1997) • Volume 2: The Inward Journey (1997) • Volume 3: The Eastern Way (1997) • Volume 4: Man and Myth (1997) • Volume 5: The Myths and Masks of God (1997) • Volume 6: The Western Quest (1997)Myth and Metaphor in Society (With Jamake Highwater) (abridged)(2002)Video/DVDs Psyche & Symbol (13 part KQED/PBS video series: Executive Producer: Aaron Miller; Director: Diane Dowling) (1976) • Transformations of Myth Through Time (1989) • Mythos (1987/1998) • Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth (1988) • The Hero's Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell (1987) (Phil Cousineau) • Myth and Metaphor in Society (With Jamake Highwater) (1993) • Sukhavati (2005)Books edited Gupta, Mahendranath. The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942) (translation from Bengali by Swami Nikhilananda; Joseph Campbell and Margaret Woodrow Wilson, translation assistants -
see preface; foreword by Aldous Huxley) • Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization. Heinrich Zimmer (1946) • The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil. Heinrich Zimmer (1948) • Philosophies of India. Heinrich Zimmer (1951) • The Portable Arabian Nights (1951) • The Art of Indian Asia. Heinrich Zimmer (1955) • Man and Time: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Various authors (1954–1969) • Man and Transformation: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Various authors (1954–1969) • The Mysteries: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Various authors (1954–1969) • The Mystic Vision: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Various authors (1954–1969) • Spirit and Nature: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Various authors (1954–1969) • Spiritual Disciplines: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Various authors (1954–1969) • Myths, Dreams, Religion. Various authors (1970) • The Portable Jung. Carl Jung (1971)See also Categories:- Books by Joseph Campbell
- 1972 books
- Mythology books
- Religious studies books
- Philosophy books
- Sociology books
- Sociology book stubs
- Mythology stubs
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