Author : Joseph Campbell Countless would-be readers of Finnegans Wake - James Joyce's masterwork, on which he laboured for a third of his life - have given up after a few pages and dismissed it as a "perverse triumph of the unintelligible." Indeed when it was first published in 1939, the book was met largely with indifference, as readers and...
Author; Joseph Cambell
The whole inner story of modern culture since the Dark Ages, treating modern man's unique position as the creator of his own mythology.
Author; Claude Lecouteux A comprehensive A-to-Z reconstruction of the oral tradition of the Rom--gypsies--based on sources never before available in English • Presents the origin myths and magical traditions of the gypsies, including their legendary ties to Egypt, animal ancestors, and tree spirits • Examines the three major settings of gypsy folktales--the forest, the waters, and the mountain--and shows how their world...
Author : Joseph Campbell
This newly redesigned edition of Campbell’s seminal 1949 work combines the insights of modern psychology with the author’s revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology. Illustrated.
Unicorns, pookas, centaurs, gorgons, griffins and gargoyles... Enlist the special energies of over 200 fabulous creatures and mythical beasts on the astral plane to empower your magickal workings, rituals, and potential for success. Call upon a Magical Serpent for that financial windfall, or let the Phoenix help you resurrect your hope and energy!
Author; Skye Alexander The allure and mystery of mermaids has taken hold of our psyche for ages. From the Irish merrows who come on land to search for human husbands to the fake Fiji Mermaid made popular by P.T Barnum, these sea maidens (and sometimes men) can be found in folklore and mythology from every tradition in the world.Inside this...
Author: Joseph Campbell In these pages, the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell presents twelve eclectic, far-ranging, and brilliant essays gathered together for the first time. The essays explore myth in all its dimensions: its history; its influence on art, literature, and culture; and its role in everyday life.This second volume of Campbell's essays (following The Flight of the Wild Gander)...
Author: Joseph Campbell In Myths to Live By, Joseph, Campbell explores the enduring power of the universal myths that influence our lives daily and examines the myth-making process from the primitive past to the immediate present, returning always to the source from which all mythology springs; the creative imagination.Campbell stresses that the borders dividing the earth have been shattered; that...
Naming the Goddess is written by over eighty adherents and scholars of Goddess and Goddess Spirituality, and includes contributions from Selena Fox, Kathy Jones, Caroline Wise and Rachel Patterson. Part 1 is a series of critical essays focusing upon contemporary Goddess issues. Part 2 is a spiritual gazetteer featuring over seventy Goddesses.
Author Joseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell is one of this century's great disseminators of the psychological wisdom of mythology. One of the basic functions of myth, he contends, is to help each individual through the journey of life, providing a travel guide to reach fulfillment