Transformations of myth through time

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A collection of thirteen lectures, all given near the end of Joseph Campbell's life, that examine the great sweep of mythological development around the world and across the ages.

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Full title :Transformations of myth through time / Joseph Campbell.

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A collection of thirteen lectures, all given near the end of Joseph Campbell's life, that examine the great sweep of mythological development around the world and across the ages.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1990
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Perennial Library
Place of Publication:New York
Language:spa
Publication Date:©1990

The Physical Object

Description:263 pages : : illustrations, portraits ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0060551895, 9780060551896, 0060964634, 9780060964634, 9500421291, 9789500421294, 0809591332, 9780809591336
oclc:ocm20167846
LC Classification:BL311
Dewey Decimal:201.3

1. In the beginning : origins of man and myth -- 2. Where people lived legends : American Indian myths -- 3. And we washed our weapons in the sea : gods and goddesses of the neolithic period -- 4. Pharaoh's rule : Egypt, the exodus, and the myth of Osiris -- 5. The sacred source : the perennial philosophy of the East -- 6. The way to enlightenment : Buddhism -- 7. From id to ego in the Orient : Kundalini yoga, part I -- 8. From psychology to spirituality : Kundalini yoga, part II -- 9. The descent to heaven : the Tibetan book of the dead -- 10. From darkness to light : the mystery religions of ancient Greece -- 11. Where there was no path : Arthurian legends and the Western way -- 12. A noble heart : the courtly love of Tristan and Isolde -- 13. In search of the Holy Grail : the Parzival legend.