The Hero With a Thousand Faces

by Joseph Campbell

In his most famous work, Joseph Campbell, the great scholar of mythology, posits two revolutionary notions: there are mythical patterns found in the literature of every known historical culture, and these patterns are the basis of every story that gets told. However, Campbell argues that it is beneficial that every story is a re-telling of a previous one, and he focuses on two concepts that can be discovered in most narratives. The Hero's Journey is an eight-step process of growth and change that everyone from Greek gods to gas station workers experience in their lives; the Cosmogonic Cycle analyzes the interrelationship of creation and destruction myths. In the process, Campbell relates fantastic stories from a variety of time periods and cultural origins. This influential work inspired George Lucas to create STAR WARS, and has been a favorite of scholars and lay readers alike since its first publication in 1949.

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9781593974299

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Digital

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Audio Renaissance

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Joseph Campbell transformed the way we view mythology, weaving traditional wisdom together with the modern struggle for identity and spiritual depth. This program brings new life to his brilliant poetic vision.

The Adventure of the Hero describes the universal image of the hero and shows that folklore and myth can serve as potent spiritual and psychological metaphors for modern man. This part of the program follows the mythological path from maturity to freedom, the heroic inner struggle that leads from birth to spiritual rebirth, to help us understand ourselves and the essence of what it means to be a human being.

The Cosmogonic Cycle explores the global legends of the origins and creation of the universe and studies the hero in his various guises, including those of warrior, lover, world redeemer and saint. The saga leads us to the culmination of the cycle, the dissolution of the universe and the passing of the hero to other realms, a metaphor for the dissolution and resurrection of ourselves and the hero that lives within us all.

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