Who is Joseph Campbell
Joseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American writer. He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human experience. Campbell's best-known work is his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), in which he discusses his theory of the journey of the archetypal hero shared by world mythologies, termed the monomyth.Since the publication of The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell's theories have been applied by a wide variety of modern writers and artists. His philosophy has been summarized by his own often repeated phrase: "Follow your bliss." He gained recognition in Hollywood when George Lucas credited Campbell's work as influencing his Sta...
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Joseph Campbell Poems
- The Hills Of Cualann
In the youth of summer
The hills of Cualann
Are two golden horns,
Two breasts of childing,... - The Blind Man At The Fair
O to be blind!
To know the darkness that I know.
The stir I hear is empty wind,
The people idly come and go.... - On Waking
Sleep, gray brother of death,
Has touched me,
And passed on.
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Top 10 most used topics by Joseph Campbell
Light 3 Ancient 2 Beauty 2 Time 1 Golden 1 Movement 1 Pearl 1 Knowledge 1 Bright 1 Grass 1Joseph Campbell Quotes
- What each must seek in his own life never was on land or sea. It is something that never has been and never could have been experienced by anyone else.
- Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
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