“Wherever the poetry of myth is interpreted as biography, history, or science, it is killed.”
― The Hero With a Thousand Faces
― The Hero With a Thousand Faces
“The experience of eternity right here and now is the function of life. Heaven is not the place to have the experience; here is the place to have the experience.”
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“The demon that you can swallow gives you its power, and the greater life’s pain, the greater life’s reply.”
― The Power of Myth
― The Power of Myth
“Just as anyone who listens to the muse will hear, you can write out of your own intention or out of inspiration. There is such a thing. It comes up and talks. And those who have heard deeply the rhythms and hymns of the gods, can recite those hymns in such a way that the gods will be attracted.”
― The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work
― The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work
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