The Hero with a Thousand Faces (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
It is the task of this book to show that a series of archetypes is a main constituent of mythology, that they stand in an organic relation to one another, and that their stadial 3 succession determines the growth of consciousness. In the course of its ontogenetic development, the individual ego consciousness has to pass through the same archetypal
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A myth is a way of thinking so deeply embedded in our consciousness that it is invisible.
Neil Postman • Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
It is the task of this book to show that a series of archetypes is a main constituent of mythology, that they stand in an organic relation to one another, and that their stadial 3 succession determines the growth of consciousness. In the course of its ontogenetic development, the individual ego consciousness has to pass through the same archetypal
... See moreErich Neumann • The Origins and History of Consciousness (Princeton Classics Book 9)
The most inspiring work in the world today is being performed by those who have undergone this initiatory passage, those who have returned with precious resources for a soulcentric or life-sustaining society. This is the descent of which Thomas writes, the mature hero's journey described by mythologist Joseph Campbell, the descent to the goddess po
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