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  <title><![CDATA[Oriental Mythology: The Masks of God 2]]></title>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bill Moyers summarizes this passage from <em>Oriental Mythology</em> in his introduction of Campbell in <em>The Power of Myth</em> (an audio collection of interviews which I finished around the same time). <blockquote>Well- and so our friend the sociologist met his friend the Shinto priest at a lawn party in the precincts of an ...</blockquote><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35611216">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A great follow-up to the first book. I was a little bit surprised to find that the greater portion of the book was spent on India (which he obviously adores) while a lesser portion was spent on Japan and a tinsy weensy little amount of the book was dedicated to China. I felt like the Chinese section...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31998134">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[An extremely in-depth historical survey, this series is drier than many of Campbell's more popular books such as &quot;Hero of a Thousand Faces&quot; or &quot;Myths to Live By&quot;.  Heavier on archaeological and mythological inventory than on storytelling.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Nov 23 09:57:29 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Masks Of God - Creative Mythology by Joseph Campbell (1979)]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Outstanding!]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Jun 20 19:58:17 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[ok, read most of this on the break before the last residency, still have two chapters to read and probably won't get the chance before school starts again, but it is really brilliant, so much so i carried it with me all the way up north.     people are the same all over the world and have been since...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2192199">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read half.]]></body>
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    <review id="36937399">
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    <body><![CDATA[Coming off of Primitive Mythology, I was really into learning more about the philosophies and religions of the East.  The contrast between man within himself of the west and man within nature of the east is very interesting.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[How we perceive our gods really affectshow we view our worlds.  I'm writing a story with an eastern &quot;tilt,&quot; so this was really helpful.<br/><br/>Very readable.  Absorbing.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Joseph Campbell is nothing if not thorough. Very in depth look at the development of the Oriental myths. A bit too pedantic for summer reading, but interesting.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I am Indian, this book taught me a fresh perspective on my own culture and the evolution of myth within it. Exceptional eye-opener.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Volume 2 of the 4 volume set.....a classic that shows the underlying ties throughout the belief systems of the world cultures.....]]></body>
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    <review id="5825303">
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 28 06:03:59 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Masks of God Vol. 1-3 .... sooooooooo interesting if you are into mythology or folklore in any way.]]></body>
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    <review id="34745250">
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    <body><![CDATA[THICK! But reads like one of the better text books I've ever read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this isn't the same edition i have, but it'll have to do.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Still reading, but really like it so far...]]></body>
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