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maryharperburns 's review for:
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
by Joseph Campbell
FINALLY finished this! I'm not the sharped tack in the box, I guess, because I had to go back repeatedly and reread passages in order to follow Dr. Campbell's theses. I don't believe I'll be going back to university soon to get that degree in cultural anthropology or religious studies.
That being said, I loved this book. I've always been fascinated with folklore, mythology and religion. I also was transfixed to the TV when Bill Moyers interviewed Joseph Campbell for a series based on this work. It was some of the best television and I highly recommend folks track the series down on YouTube (or, find it at their library) and watch it. I remember being astounded that there were other cultures with parallel stories of a hero/savior who was conceived of a virgin, overcame the world in order to save/enlighten mankind and returned to his father/attained perfection/heaven. It sure didn't hurt to break out of a narrow midwestern U.S., protestant, white, middle-class shell and find commonality with my fellow humans.
I also didn't realize that this book is one of a series: Mythos: the Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology. I may have to check out others in the series... after I recover from reading this one.
That being said, I loved this book. I've always been fascinated with folklore, mythology and religion. I also was transfixed to the TV when Bill Moyers interviewed Joseph Campbell for a series based on this work. It was some of the best television and I highly recommend folks track the series down on YouTube (or, find it at their library) and watch it. I remember being astounded that there were other cultures with parallel stories of a hero/savior who was conceived of a virgin, overcame the world in order to save/enlighten mankind and returned to his father/attained perfection/heaven. It sure didn't hurt to break out of a narrow midwestern U.S., protestant, white, middle-class shell and find commonality with my fellow humans.
I also didn't realize that this book is one of a series: Mythos: the Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology. I may have to check out others in the series... after I recover from reading this one.