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
life men womb
Mythology is the womb of man's initiation to life and death.
soul church landscape
A temple is a landscape of the soul.
hero night journey
There is what I would call the hero journey, the night sea journey, the hero quest, where the individual is going to bring forth in his life something that was never beheld before.
selfish roots desire
Sin always finds it's root in our own selfish desires and self-gratification.
inspirational thinking people
I don’t think people are really seeking the meaning of Life. I think we’re seeking an experience of being alive…we want to feel the rapture of being alive
inspirational discovery people
Preachers err by trying to talk people into belief; better they reveal the radiance of their own discovery.
jesus cutting ears
There's nothing militant about Jesus. I don't read anything like that in any of the gospels. Peter drew his sword and cut off the servant's ear, and Jesus said, "Put back thy sword, Peter." But Peter has had his sword out and at work ever since.
inspirational people myth
Myth is what we call other people's religion.
inspirational compassion embrace
All life stinks and you must embrace that with compassion.
soul world requirements
The inner world is the world of your requirements and your energies and your structure and your possibilities that meets the outer world. And the outer world is the field of your incarnation. That’s where you are. You’ve got to keep both going. As Novalis said, ‘The seat of the soul is there where the inner and outer worlds meet.
baby human-nature
All babies are Buddha babies.
god army hell
Any god who can invent hell is no candidate for the Salvation Army
hero focus may
Whether you call someone a hero or a monster is all relative to where the focus of your consciousness may be.
facts doe heroic
The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact