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
have-faith
I don't have faith, I have experience.
evil process
The process of nature cannot be evil.
definitions mythology one-sentence
A one sentence definition of mythology? Mythology is what we call someone else's religion.
children names space
She was ... the arch personification of the power of Space, Time, and Matter, within whose bound all beings arise and die: the substance of their bodies, configurator of their lives and thoughts, and receiver of their dead. And everything having form or name-including God personified as good or evil, merciful or wrathful-was her child, within her womb.
angel technology miracle
Have you ever looked inside one of those things [computers]? It's a whole hierarchy of angels- all on slats. And those little tubes-those are miracles.
doors people fields
When you follow your bliss, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you.
affirmation accepted aspect
One can experience an unconditional affirmation of life only when one has accepted death, not as contrary to life, but as an aspect of it.
real being-real being-true
A myth doesn't have to be real to be true.
hero journey self
The hero journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of your self.
following-your-own-path steps bliss
Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.
dream heart brain
One cannot predict the next mythology any more than one can predict tonight's dream; for a mythology is not an ideology. It is not something projected from the brain, but something experienced from the heart, from recognition of identities behind or within the appearances of nature, perceiving with love a 'thou' where there would otherwise have been only an 'it.'
meditation hoarding flow
Money is congealed energy and releasing it releases life possibilities ... Money experienced as life energy is indeed a meditation, and letting it flow out instead of hoarding it is a mode of participation in the life of others.
light moments bliss
At the darkest moment comes the light.
life priorities firsts
If marriage isn't a first priority in your life, you're not married.