innerspaceboy 's review for:

The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

5.0

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Essential lit for every mind, young and old. Campbell expertly contextualizes the unifying elements of every tale ever told, every deity, every book, every film - lifting the veil of mystery from centuries of mythology, dreams, cultural ritual and tradition, legend and lore through the lens of epistemology, Freudian and Jungian psychoanalysis, and anthropology. And all of this is communicated in humanistic, humble, and understandable language which will open the minds of anyone who will give his book their consideration. Written in 1949 but every bit as relavent and revealing as the day it was first published.

Absolutely brilliant.