Joseph Campbell, arguably the greatest mythologist of our time, was certainly one of our greatest storytellers. This new cloth edition of The Hero's Journey, published to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Campbell's birth, 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."
If you want to be a hero, you can be. How?That's what this book is all about.Will you choose to do it? Will you decide to journey heroically, instead of spending your life merely marking time?If so, this is the book for you.
Under President Clinton, Salla asserts, the U.S. achieved a "grand synthesis" of power and morality, thereby making possible a more interventionist foreign policy in response to current global challenges.
Joseph Campbell peers through centuries and shows us that we are all connected by a basic need to hear stories and understand ourselves. As a book, it is wonderful to read; as illumination into the human condition, it is a revelation.
Humorously illustrated with over 40 cartoons, this book takes readers through the stages of Joseph Campbell's pattern of the Hero's Journey using examples from books, films, and even video games.
Profiling six phases of the mythic hero's journey from unconscious innocence to ultimate self-awareness, argues that shared vision, purpose, and inquiry, combined with the use of the collective wisdom of myth, legend, and metaphor, can ...
Manolo Sanchez must find the courage to save his town in this 8x8 storybook retelling of the movie The Book of Life! The Book of Life hits theaters on October 17, 2014!
This book is designed to guide you to the true fulfillment and wholeness that only you can define.
Like the tongueless Philomela, who spins the tale of her rape into a tapestry, or Arachne, who portrays the misdeeds of the gods, they have discovered instruments for securing fairness in the storytelling circles where so-called women’s ...
Discusses the universal legend of the hero in world mythology, focusing on the motif of the hero's journey through adventure and transformation.
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