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A review by chris_dehart
The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
“It is not society that is to guide and save the creative hero, but precisely the reverse.”
As the book that introduced the Hero’s journey, this is the gold standard for anyone who’s interested in taking a deeper dive! It has fascinating insights for mythology, but also for story-telling and morality in general. I found the concept of advancing beyond juvenile psychology and into mature psychology to be very insightful, and the insights from this have already led to improvements in my life.
Some stories and sections are a bit more compelling than others, I’m not as big a fan of dream analysis as I am of mythology, but overall this is a great pick for anyone interested in these topics!
As the book that introduced the Hero’s journey, this is the gold standard for anyone who’s interested in taking a deeper dive! It has fascinating insights for mythology, but also for story-telling and morality in general. I found the concept of advancing beyond juvenile psychology and into mature psychology to be very insightful, and the insights from this have already led to improvements in my life.
Some stories and sections are a bit more compelling than others, I’m not as big a fan of dream analysis as I am of mythology, but overall this is a great pick for anyone interested in these topics!