{"product_id":"myths-to-live-by-paperback","title":"Myths to Live by - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohnson E. Fairchild\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Myths, according to Freud's view, are of the psychological order of dream. Myths, so to say, are public dreams; dreams are private myths. \" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"There is no one quite like Joseph Campbell. He knows the vast sweep of man's panoramic past as few men have evern known it.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is a properly functioning mythology and what are its functions? Can we use myths to help relieve our modern anxiety, or do they help foster it? In \u003ci\u003eMyths to Live\u003c\/i\u003e 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, retuning always to the source from which all mythology springs: the creative imagination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCampbell stresses that the borders dividing the Earth have been shattered; that myths and religions have always followed the certain basic archetypes and are no longer exclusive to a single people, region, or religion. He shows how we must recognize their common denominators and allow this knowledge to be of use in fulfilling human potential everywhere.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Campbell \u003c\/b\u003ewas interested in mythology since his childhood in New York. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Columbia in 1925 and 1927 and went on to study medieval French and Sanskrit at the universities of Paris and Munich. After a period in California, he taught at the Canterbury School, then, in 1934, joined the literature department at Sarah Lawrence College, a post he retained for many years. During the 1940s and '50s, he helped Swami Nikhilananda to translate the Upanishads and \u003cb\u003eThe Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna\u003c\/b\u003e. The many books by Professor Campbell include \u003cb\u003eThe Hero with a Thousand Faces\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMyths to Live By\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Flight of the Wild Gander\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eThe Mythic Image\u003c\/b\u003e. He edited \u003cb\u003eThe Portable Arabian Nights\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Portable Jung\u003c\/b\u003e, and other works. He died in 1987.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.45 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45253028937830,"sku":"9780140194616","price":27.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/NEdhMm42RFYrRFk5cHBxUC9HazU5dz09.webp?v=1773575428","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/myths-to-live-by-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}