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“Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.“ ~Joseph Campbell

“Myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into the human cultural manifestation.”

He‘s long-winded but I love this guy. 💖 Re-reading one of my favorite books of all time, or at least it was back in college. Let‘s see how I like it now!

#myth #culture

That moment when you go to renew some library books and three of the dang things have holds on them. 😑 (The tagged book is one of the ones I tried to renew.) Guess someone in my area has the same interests as I do. Should I leave a note for them? 😆

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I loved this book - I always adore books about ‘monomyths‘ and ur-stories, linking cultures across the world up with fundamental human nature. Idk how fashionable it would be with my professors now, and I can see how the Seven Basic Plots was a better structured version of the same idea but I enjoyed it.

Lots of ‘primitive‘ being thrown around :/ but the basic premise was that all cultures‘ stories are equal so I forgave it partially

I‘ve been really wanting to read some more comparative mythology recently - and I like reading old non fiction books to get a sense of how thinking has developed and the roots of things. Before my lit degree I read a lot of old pre-ww1 criticism cause it was what was in the library and I found it useful even tho it was out of date. Expecting this to be quite racist but will hopefully have other good points.

The inflated ego of the tyrant is a curse to himself and his world - no matter how his affairs may seem to prosper.

Deep read 🧐 feel as if I‘m in an college literature class! 📚🤯 some reviews I read didn‘t like the audio performance but I think it‘s great 🚙👂🏼 Definitely expanding the 🧠 with this one 🙃

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Peaceful afternoon reads.

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“[W]e have only to follow the thread of the heropath. And where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence; where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world.”

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📷: Made with Typorama

The Departure is when Nugget gets hooked on this lazy Sunday. #catsoflitsy

Incredibly interesting read and to see the hero's journey played out in things like Star Wars and Harry Potter "Dream is the personalized myth, myth the depersonalized dream" #josephcampbell

And so every one of us shares the supreme ordeal —carries the cross of the redeemer— not in the bright moments of his tribe's great victories, but in the silences of his personal despair.

Tradegy is an unfinished comedy.

The hero of yesterday becomes the tyrant of tomorrow, unless he crucifies himself today.

It is only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world.

Perhaps some of us have to go through dark and devious ways before we can find the river of peace or the highroad to the soul's destination.

"Human beings are born too soon; they are unfinished, unready as yet to meet the world. Consequently their whole defense from a universe of dangers is the mother, under whose protection the intra-uterine period is prolonged."

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2. Tough one! Ask me again next Friday when I hope to be done tiling my bathroom.
3. Tagged book. Too much Freud.
4. Remembrance Day up here. I‘ll be listening to CBC‘s radio programming for the day and doing various things around the house.
5. Will do! 💖

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I love showing students two of my loves: #starwars and the #monomyth ! My best friend and classroom neighbor, who is brilliant with mythology and archetypal theory, shared this "test" with me. We watch A New Hope as a test, and students track the heroes journey they have been studyjng along the way. #teachersoflitsy #campbellisagenius #nerdyteacher #theheroesjourney

A very interesting read so far!

Regrets are illuminations come too late.

Dream is the personalized myth, myth the depersonalized dream; both myth and dream are symbolic in the same general way of the dynamic of the psyche. But in the dream the forms are quirked by the peculiar troubles of the dreamer, whereas in myth the problems and solutions sown are directly valid for all mankind

The usual hero adventure begins with someone from whom something has been taken, or who feels there is something lacking in the normal experience available or permitted to the members of society. The person then takes off on a series of adventures beyond the ordinary, either to recover what has been lost or to discover some life-giving elixir. It's usually a cycle, a coming and a returning.

I used to see this book pretty universally recommended for writers, but it seems to have become #controversial in more recent years. #jubilantjuly

Not all who hesitate are lost. The psyche has many secrets in reserve. And these are not disclosed unless required.

"The labyrinth is thoroughly known...
we have only to follow the thread of the hero path.
And where we had thought to find an abomination
we shall find a God.
And where we had thought to slay another
we shall slay ourselves.
Where we had thought to travel outwards
we shall come to the center of our own existence.
And where we had thought to be alone
we shall be with all the world.”

It's a lot more about jung and psychology than I was really expecting. That being said, I'm all about that archetypal critical theory so I'm still enjoying it immensely.

'"All neurotics," writes Dr. Freud "are either Oedipus or Hamlet."'

Just gonna give this the Ole Chicago Try

Day 9 of #Riotgrams: finding an author/character who shares my name was rough, since "Joseph" has become less popular over the last few decades.

Modern romance, like Greek tragedy, celebrates the mystery of dismemberment, which is life in time. The happy ending is justly scorned as a misrepresentation; for the world, as we know it, as we have seen it, yields but one ending: death, disintegration, dismemberment, and the crucifixion of our heart with the passing of the forms that we have loved.

Laptop stand, turned book stand for reading in bed...
Thorough exploration of heroes in mythology and religions through a psychological lens. Excellent reading for character development.

Can't do it (at least this time). I've been wanting to read this book for years, thinking it was about mythology and the hero's journey. Imagine my surprise when it ended up being full of dream analysis and Freud. I may try again somewhere down the road, but for now there are a lot of other things I'd rather spend my time on.

For someone who writes mostly science-related fiction, Cambell's use of random people's dreams and wacky primitive myths make it hard to focus on his core message. I can't get past "people actually BELIEVED THAT?" to focus on his larger pattern analysis.

Another day, another trip to the library. I had The Hero with a Thousand Faces on hold; the rest I couldn't resist.

"The latest incarnation of Oedipus, the continued romance of Beauty and the Beast, stand this afternoon on the corner of Forty-second and Fifth Avenue, waiting for the light to change." This book proved to me that dreams and myth are universal and we are all part of a collective unconscious.

One of the most interesting books I've ever read

Lunchtime reading. This is going to take me awhile to get through, but I think it will be worth it.