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Campbell compares the creation story in Genesis with creation stories from around the world. Because the world changes, religion has to be transformed and new mythologies created. People today are stuck with old metaphors and myths that don't fit their needs.
Moyers: "The driving idea of his life was to understand the power of the stories and legends of the human race, especially those common themes and deep principles which energize our imaginations through the ages."
Campbell: "Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life.... Whenever one moves out of the transcendence, one comes into the field of opposites.... that is to say, I know the center and I know that good and evil are simply temporal apparitions.... With that fall in the Garden, nature was regarded as corrupt. There's a myth for you that corrupts the whole world for us and every spontaneous act is sinful."
Moyers: "Your work in mythology has liberated my faith from the cultural prisons to which it has been sentenced."
Campbell: "It has liberated my own. I know it's going to do it with everyone that gets the message."
Moyers: "The driving idea of his life was to understand the power of the stories and legends of the human race, especially those common themes and deep principles which energize our imaginations through the ages."
Campbell: "Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life.... Whenever one moves out of the transcendence, one comes into the field of opposites.... that is to say, I know the center and I know that good and evil are simply temporal apparitions.... With that fall in the Garden, nature was regarded as corrupt. There's a myth for you that corrupts the whole world for us and every spontaneous act is sinful."
Moyers: "Your work in mythology has liberated my faith from the cultural prisons to which it has been sentenced."
Campbell: "It has liberated my own. I know it's going to do it with everyone that gets the message."
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Among his many gifts, Joseph Campbell's most impressive was the unique ability to take a contemporary situation, such as the murder and funeral of President John F. Kennedy, and help us understand its impact in the context of ancient mythology. Herein lies the power of The Power of Myth, showing how humans are apt to create and live out the themes of mythology. Based on a six-part PBS television series hosted by Bill Moyers, this classic is especially compelling because of its engaging question-and-answer format, creating an easy, conversational approach to complicated and esoteric topics. For example, when discussing the mythology of heroes, Campbell and Moyers smoothly segue from the Sumerian sky goddess Inanna to Star Wars' mercenary-turned-hero, Han Solo. Most impressive is Campbell's encyclopedic knowledge of myths, demonstrated in his ability to recall the details and archetypes of almost any story, from any point and history, and translate it into a lesson for spiritual living in the here and now. --Gail Hudson
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Finally available in a popularly priced, non-illustrated, smaller-format edition, which is ideal for the college market and general reader alike, this extraordinary best-seller is a brilliant evocation of the noted scholar's teachings on mythology.
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- PublisherHighbridge Audio
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0942110943
- ISBN 13 9780942110944
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