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Phil Cousineau

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http://www.goodreads.com/PhilCousineau

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November 26, 1952 in Coumbia, South Carolina, The United States

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Arts & Photography, Travel, Religion & Spirituality

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Joseph Campbell

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Phil Cousineau is a writer, teacher, editor, independent scholar, documentary filmmaker, travel leader, and storyteller. The author of more than 25 nonfiction books, Cousineau has more than 15 documentary screenwriting credits to his name, including the 1991 Academy Award-nominated Forever Activists. His life-long fascination with art, literature, and the history of culture has taken him on many journeys around the world; one of his bestselling books is The Art of Pilgrimage, inspired by his many years of meaningful travels.

Born in an army hospital in Columbia, South Carolina, Cousineau grew up in Detroit, and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 30 years. American mythologist Joseph Campbell was a mentor and major influence; C...more

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Average rating: 4.25 · 754 ratings · 101 reviews · 39 distinct works

	The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred by Phil Cousineau (Goodreads Author), Huston Smith (Foreword by) 4.13 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Wordcatcher: An Odyssey into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words 3.77 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Once and Future Myths: The Power of Ancient Stories in Modern Times 3.90 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Stoking the Creative Fires: 9 Ways to Rekindle Passion and Imagination 4.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Soul Moments: Marvelous Stories of Synchronicity--Meaningful Coincidences from a Seemingly Random World 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Coincidence or Destiny?: Stories of Synchronicity That Illuminate Our Lives 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Riddle Me This: A World Treasury of Word Puzzles Folk Wisdom and Literary Conundrums 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Meaning of Tea: A Tea Inspired Journey by Phil Cousineau (Goodreads Author), Scott Chamberlin Hoyt, Deborah Koons Garcia (Introduction) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	UFOs: A Manual for the Millennium 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	Soul: An Archaeology, Recordings Form Socrates to Ray Charles 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors

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Phil Cousineau said "yes" to attending the event: "The Creative Journey: from Joseph Campbell to Twyla Tharp" with Phil Cousineau date: March 10, 2012 05:00PM location: Luna's, 1414 16th Street, Sacramento, CA, The United States description: Tonight's presentation, "The Creative Journey: from Joseph Campbell to Twyla Tharp" with writer, filmmaker, TV host Phil Cousineau is based on Cousineau's eight years of working with Campbell, including cowriting the movie, The Hero's Journey, and creating its bestselling companion book. He will explore the uncanny parallels between the mythic journey, the dramatic journey, the creative journey, and the traveler's journey. He will show a few film clips from his work with Campbell, as well as his...more
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Phil Cousineau gave to: The Art of Pilgrimage Travel Journal by Phil Cousineau (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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“The journey of the hero is about the courage to seek the depths; the image of creative rebirth; the eternal cycle of change within us; the uncanny discovery that the seeker is the mystery which the seeker seeks to know. The hero journey is a symbol that binds, in the original sense of the word, two distant ideas, the spiritual quest of the ancients with the modern search for identity, always the one, shape-shifting yet marvelously constant story that we find.”
― Phil Cousineau

tags: hero-s-journey , inspirational , mythology

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“Inspiration comes and goes, creativity is the result of practice.”
― Phil Cousineau

tags: creativity , inspirational , writing

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“Centuries of travel yore suggest that when we no longer know where to turn, our real journey has just begun.”
― Phil Cousineau

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