Joseph Campbell
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born
March 26, 1904
died
October 30, 1987
gender
male
place of birth
White Plains, NY, The United States
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Joseph John Campbell was an American mythology professor, writer, and orator best known for his work in the fields of comparative mythology and comparative religion.
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The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers avg rating 4.30 — 3,510 ratings — published 1988 10 editions |
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Mythos Books) by Joseph Campbell avg rating 4.27 — 2,377 ratings — published 1949 26 editions |
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Myths to Live By by Joseph Campbell avg rating 4.17 — 508 ratings — published 1972 5 editions |
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Primitive Mythology: The Masks of God 1 by Joseph Campbell avg rating 4.21 — 391 ratings — published 1959 9 editions |
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Occidental Mythology: The Masks of God 3 by Joseph Campbell avg rating 4.24 — 296 ratings — published 1964 8 editions |
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Oriental Mythology: The Masks of God 2 by Joseph Campbell avg rating 4.21 — 273 ratings — published 1962 8 editions |
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Creative Mythology: The Masks of God 4 by Joseph Campbell avg rating 4.15 — 217 ratings — published 1968 12 editions |
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Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation by Joseph Campbell, David Kudler (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.40 — 151 ratings — published 2004 |
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Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor by Joseph Campbell avg rating 4.29 — 142 ratings — published 2001 2 editions |
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The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work by Joseph Campbell avg rating 4.39 — 137 ratings — published 1990 5 editions |
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"If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be."
— Joseph Campbell
— Joseph Campbell
"We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us."
— Joseph Campbell
— Joseph Campbell
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