Creative Mythology The Masks of God Book 4 edition by Joseph Campbell David Kudler Politics Social Sciences eBooks
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Explore the power of myth as it exploded from medieval Europe into the modern world
In this fourth volume of The Masks of God — Joseph Campbell's major work of comparative mythology — the pre-eminent mythologist looks at the birth of the modern, individualistic mythology as it developed in Europe beginning in the twelfth century A.D. up through the modernist art of the twentieth century.
The Masks of God is a four-volume study of world religion and myth that stands as one of Joseph Campbell's masterworks. On completing it, he wrote
- Its main result for me has been the confirmation of a thought I have long and faithfully entertained of the unity of the race of man, not only in its biology, but also in its spiritual history, which has everywhere unfolded in the manner of a single symphony, with its themes announced, developed, amplified and turned about, distorted, reasserted, and today, in a grand fortissimo of all sections sounding together, irresistibly advancing to some kind of mighty climax, out of which the next great movement will emerge.
This new digital edition, part of the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell series, includes over forty new illustrations.
(Comparative Mythology Christianity, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Arthurian Romance, Modernism)
Creative Mythology The Masks of God Book 4 edition by Joseph Campbell David Kudler Politics Social Sciences eBooks
Campbell's deep and wide exploration of the historical and creative aspects of mythology is unequaled in my experience. Here in the concluding volume of 'Masks Of God' the greatest of all adventures continues-- who and what are we, from where do we come and where will we finally ever end up? What is our true nature, what is our greatest desire, how much can we really know, what have the greatest who came before us seen and truly known? This book does not shy away from questions that are seemingly unanswerable.Some of the most awesome sections, for me, can be read as highlights in just a few pages:
P. 25-29 on the birth of the gods
P. 71-75 the oneness of our being
P. 384-385 how religion, as we now know it, really first began
One could enjoy a marvelous study in just the final 2 chapters [9 & 10] alone that would exceed in quality and enlightening value a great many other complete books which presume to explain these mighty themes. These concluding chapters of the whole massive 4 volume series are entitled 'The death of God' and 'The earthly paradise.'
To leave here a tiny sample of the great many aspects of 'truth' Campbell addresses, I'll quote very briefly from a quote of the physicist Erwin Schrodinger that appears in chapter 9:
"Suppose you are sitting on a bench in high mountain country...everything that you are seeing has, apart from small changes, been there for thousands of years before you. After a while--not long--you will no longer exist, and the woods and rocks and sky will continue, unchanged, for thousands of years after you. What is it that has called you so suddenly out of nothingness to enjoy for a brief while a spectacle which remains quite indifferent to you...a hundred years ago, perhaps, another man sat on this spot; like you he gazed with awe and yearning in his heart...he felt pain and brief joy as you do. Was he someone else? Was it not you yourself? What is this Self of yours?
...looking and thinking in this manner you may suddenly come to see, in a flash, the profound rightness of the basic conviction of Vedanta...this knowledge, feeling and choice are essentially eternal and unchangeable...this is you....
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Creative Mythology The Masks of God Book 4 edition by Joseph Campbell David Kudler Politics Social Sciences eBooks Reviews
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Great read mind opening
Always Joseph Campbell mythic way of world amazing compilation
Have the paper version and wanted this for my ebook library...about time they brought out the ebook version.
Love it!
Well, it took some years, but I finally finished reading Campbell's, "Masks of God" series and I must say I agree with another reviewer as Campbell has indeed saved the best for last.
What set this one ("Vol. IV Creative Mythology") apart from the other three to me, is that Campbell presents ideas which can be directly applied to your everyday life and looks towards the future of mythology (which we are all a part of!) rather than strictly recounting a history of the world's mythological past. There is plenty of mythological history in, "Creative Mythology," but it is all presented as background for looking towards the future...
As far as Campbell's own written work is concerned, to date I've read his other three, "Masks of God" books and of course his, "Hero with a Thousand Faces." I've actually read, "Hero..." a few times over and it remains my favorite of his books so far, but, "Creative Mythology" is now a close second.
The entire, "Masks of God" series is well worth reading, but unlike, "Hero...," they are all big, dense books that take quite sometime to get through. If you're only going to pick one in the series, my recomendation would be to make it, "Vol. IV Creative Mythology." It's exciting and inpiring and a real tour-de-force.
Unfortunately, I suspect that many people start with the high ambition of reading the entire series and then never finish it. Hence, they miss out on reading this great book which is a shame. Don't let that be you!
In my humble opinion this is his masterpiece in this series. He's a wise poet. What more can one ask for. I know I can't. This book is multileveled. It's wonderful pleasurable reading, deeply thought provoking, and it is for lack of a better description " a mythological artifact in of itself." This book is a portal to understanding the meaning of "culture." Joseph Campbell is the gatekeeper of this portal, not with a sword but with open arms.
You want to understand Carl Jung read Joseph Campbell. You want to understand Joseph Campbell read Carl Jung. You want to understand yourself a little better read them both.
Every artist must read this important work. Joseph Campbell provides the roadmap for success in whatever your medium. I have bought it twice, once 20 years ago, and once again recently, because the old one fell apart from active use. This is one of the most important additions to my library.
Campbell's deep and wide exploration of the historical and creative aspects of mythology is unequaled in my experience. Here in the concluding volume of 'Masks Of God' the greatest of all adventures continues-- who and what are we, from where do we come and where will we finally ever end up? What is our true nature, what is our greatest desire, how much can we really know, what have the greatest who came before us seen and truly known? This book does not shy away from questions that are seemingly unanswerable.
Some of the most awesome sections, for me, can be read as highlights in just a few pages
P. 25-29 on the birth of the gods
P. 71-75 the oneness of our being
P. 384-385 how religion, as we now know it, really first began
One could enjoy a marvelous study in just the final 2 chapters [9 & 10] alone that would exceed in quality and enlightening value a great many other complete books which presume to explain these mighty themes. These concluding chapters of the whole massive 4 volume series are entitled 'The death of God' and 'The earthly paradise.'
To leave here a tiny sample of the great many aspects of 'truth' Campbell addresses, I'll quote very briefly from a quote of the physicist Erwin Schrodinger that appears in chapter 9
"Suppose you are sitting on a bench in high mountain country...everything that you are seeing has, apart from small changes, been there for thousands of years before you. After a while--not long--you will no longer exist, and the woods and rocks and sky will continue, unchanged, for thousands of years after you. What is it that has called you so suddenly out of nothingness to enjoy for a brief while a spectacle which remains quite indifferent to you...a hundred years ago, perhaps, another man sat on this spot; like you he gazed with awe and yearning in his heart...he felt pain and brief joy as you do. Was he someone else? Was it not you yourself? What is this Self of yours?
...looking and thinking in this manner you may suddenly come to see, in a flash, the profound rightness of the basic conviction of Vedanta...this knowledge, feeling and choice are essentially eternal and unchangeable...this is you....
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