The Hero's Journey

Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)

De: Joseph Campbell, Stuart L. Brown - foreword, Phil Cousineau - editor

Narrado por: David deVries, Patrick Lawlor, Emily Sutton-Smith

Joseph Campbell, arguably the greatest mythologist of the twentieth century, was certainly one of our greatest storytellers. This masterfully crafted book interweaves conversations between Campbell and some of the people he inspired, including poet Robert Bly, anthropologist Angeles Arrien, filmmaker David Kennard, Doors drummer John Densmore, psychiatric pioneer Stanislov Grof, Nobel laureate Roger Guillemen, and others. Campbell reflects on subjects ranging from the origins and functions of myth, the role of the artist, and the need for ritual to the ordeals of love and romance. With poetry and humor, Campbell recounts his own quest and conveys the excitement of his lifelong exploration of our mythic traditions, what he called “the one great story of mankind.”

Cover photographs of Joseph Campbell © Joseph Campbell Foundation and used with permission.

©1990 Joseph Campbell Foundation (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved

absolutely amazing.

joseph camobell is a treasure that we should keep retiring to time and time again.

Nice work

A good familiarization with Joseph Campbell, a nice snapshot of his views and his life.

Live your Bliss

I fell in love with this book!
Live your Bliss!
I learned from this book!

Powerful

What an amazing book!

Joseph Campbell was a true genius of our time. His signature on the way we look at the world is visible everywhere.

Fantastic

Eye opening for the reader to understand how to approach your search on life’s “secrets”. Through the concepts of modern religious and mythical diversity, he writes in a way of great clarity.

Incredible

Amazing
Loved it
Contributes to the journey and the mystery. Will buy a hard copy.

A great connection of world religions

The team who put this together really did Joseph Campbell well by portraying the man and his life’s work.

I recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn more about the world and its cultures/religions. It can be very eye opening. However, I’ll caution that some of what Joseph Campbell says about Christianity and Islam might be a little too generalized and not fully grasp the intent of the teachings. Regardless, this book should be read/listened to by those who live to travel, those who are surrounded by people of differing believed systems, and those who simply want to become more open minded.

There Are some great lessons about our ego and our spirits in this book as well.

Be aware that the first couple of chapters are all about the life of Joseph Campbell. The rest of the book is where the reader learns.

love campbells work, but this collection scattered

Love Campbells work, but this particular one seems a bit choppy and scattered. There are better collections

Grateful

I am Grateful Joseph followed his Bliss, for his Bliss has given me the language to follow my own posthumously. Thank you Joseph Campbell and all those who deemed it necessary to collect his works, wisdom, and words. I am more passionate and more invigorate after this reading. I had a thought. 'Joseph Campbell's expressed position in life represents the divine archetypes that one might envision the "Divine Father" to portray'.. A Man who lived in a timeless frame of mind that rings with Unified-Absolute-Truth. Again, thank you.

Dense book- but lots of 'ah hah' moments

I struggled to get into the book at first...I found it hard to follow the narration and I thought he didn't really do a great job putting emotion or passion into the bulk of the book. But the narrator for Joseph Campbell dialougue was great and full of heart! This was a very dense listen... but it came with many "ah hah" moments. Good luck!