Joseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell
Joseph John Campbellwas an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human experience. His philosophy is often summarized by his phrase: "Follow your bliss."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth26 March 1904
CountryUnited States of America
hero dark journey
And so Galahad decided that it would be a disgrace to set off on a quest with the other knights. Alone he would enter the dark forest where there was no path. This is the myth of The Hero's Journey.
way plenty you-choose
In choosing your god, you choose your way of looking at the universe. There are plenty of Gods. Choose yours.
spirituality eternity follow-your-bliss
Eternity is not the hereafter...this is it. If you don't get it here you won't get it anywhere.
long vision world
One looks, looks long, and the world comes in.
encouraging dream sight
A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. A goal is what specifically you intend to make happen. Dreams and goals should be just out of your present reach but not out of sight. Dreams and goals are coming attractions in your life.
law survival firsts
Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
rain origin-of-life icons
When you look at that nature world it becomes an icon, it becomes a holy picture that speaks of the origins of the world. Almost every mythology sees the origins of life coming out of water. And, curiously, that's true. It's amusing that the origin of life out of water is in myths and then again, finally, in science, we find the same thing. It's exactly so.
feelings students consciousness
I always tell my students follow your bliss. When you have that feeling then stay with it and don't let anyone throw you off.
life track waiting
When you follow your bliss a kind of track opens up, that's always been there, waiting for you. And the life that you should be living, is the one that you will be living.
hero-journey way realizing
If you follow someone else's way, you are not going to realize your potential.
good-life military hero
What I think is that a good life is one hero journey after another. Over and over again, you are called to the realm of adventure, you are called to new horizons. Each time, there is the same problem: do I dare? And then if you do dare, the dangers are there, and the help also, and the fulfillment or the fiasco. There's always the possibility of fiasco. But there's also the possibility of bliss.
song people ears
Poetry comes out of an elite experience, the experience of people whose ears are opened to the song of the universe.
wise courage jobs
I think a person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave. Work begins when you don't like what you're doing. There's a wise saying: make your hobby your source of income. Then there's no such thing as work, and there's no such thing as getting tired. That's been my own experience. I did just what I wanted to do. It takes a little courage at first, because who the hell wants you to do just what you want to do; they've all got lots of plans for you. But you can make it happen.
symbols highest
The dance is the highest symbol of life itself.