Transformations Of Myth Through Time

by Campbell, Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780060964634
• ISBN10: 0060964634
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-11
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

This illustrated collection of thirteen lectures covering mythological development around the world-from the origins of myth in the distant past to familiar European medieval legends-captures Campbell's special insights into how myths reconcile human beings to the mysteries of life. Here is Joseph Campbell at his warm, accessible, and brilliant best. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

In the Beginning: Origins of Man and Myth	p. 1
Where People Lived Legends: American Indian Myths	p. 25
And We Washed Our Weapons in the Sea: Gods and Goddesses of the Neolithic Period	p. 49
Pharaoh's Rule: Egypt, the Exodus, and the Myth of Osiris	p. 73
The Sacred Source: The Perennial Philosophy of the East	p. 93
The Way to Enlightenment: Buddhism	p. 111
From Id to Ego in the Orient: Kundalini Yoga, Part I	p. 129
From Psychology to Spirituality: Kundalini Yoga, Part II	p. 151
The Descent to Heaven: The Tibetan Book of the Dead	p. 171
From Darkness to Light: The Mystery Religions of Ancient Greece	p. 189
Where There Was No Path: Arthurian Legends and the Western Way	p. 209
A Noble Heart: The Courtly Love of Tristan and Isolde	p. 229
In Search of the Holy Grail: The Parzival Legend	p. 245
Photo Credits	p. 261
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