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Joseph Campbell sought to distill the essence of the world's religions and mythologies and find their common truths. In doing so, he lived his life with all the courage, passion, and vitality of the mythic heroes he studied. The Larsens--who knew Campbell for over 25 years--provide an intimate and fascinating account of this great teacher, writer, and man. Photographs.
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"Joseph Campbell, arguably the greatest mythologist of our time, was certainly one of our greatest storytellers. This new cloth edition of The Hero's Journey, published to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Campbell's birth, recounts his own quest and conveys the excitement of his lifelong exploration of our mythic traditions, what he called "the one great story of mankind."" "This book interweaves conversations with Campbell and some of the people he inspired, including poet Robert Bly, anthropologist Angeles Arrien, filmmaker David Kennard, Doors' drummer John Densmore, psychiatric pioneer Stanislov Grof, Nobel laureate Roger Guillemen, and others. Behind the man who spent his life journeying through the mythologies of the world was someone whose life was a deep personal quest for his own immortal hero. Through a series of interviews, The Hero's Journey follows the footsteps of Joseph Campbell as he tells stories of his life, his love, and his passion." "Following Campbell's own themes from Hero with a Thousand Faces, Phil Cousineau, as editor, lets that story unfold. First comes the "Call to Adventure" in which the young child, sensing the mystery and the poetry inherent in life, makes the first of his many discoveries, the Native American. Campbell immerses himself completely in this world, reading everything he can find. He then moves on, through his student days, along his own "Road of Trials" and his "Vision Quest, " searching out those places where his experiences, his own taste of life will be heightened." "An athlete, traveler, and avid scholar, he moves to Paris, where he comes in contact with his very deepest passion, the world common to all of mankind - the world of inner transformation. He finds the immortal questions revealed in mythology, art, and literature, and he begins to lecture and write as he dedicates himself to the mythology of his own personal journey."--BOOK JACKET.

• Introduction: on Joseph Campbell's monomyth and the hero with a thousand faces
• George Lucas' original Star wars trilogy
• Before (and a little after) a new hope: The time machine, Logan's run, and Time after time
• Early '80s cult films: Escape from New York, Tron, Dreamscape, and The last starfighter
• Dune: Herbert's novels, Lynch's film, and the SCIFI channel's two miniseries
• The terminator: Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese as a composite hero
• Back to the future: science fiction film comedy as adolescent wish fulfillment fantasy
• Red pills, problematic realities, metaphorical dreams, and the monomyth in Total recall and The matrix
• Celebrating a formula: the first ten Star trek films
• Star trek rebooted: J.J. Abrams' Star trek.

This volume analyzes the use of Joseph Campbell's monomyth in twenty-six films and two SciFi Channel miniseries released and aired in the fifty year period between 1960 and 2009. In addition to serving as the underlying plot structure in the initial Star Wars trilogy - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) - these films include The Time Machine (1960), Logan's Run (1976), Time After Time (1979), Escape from New York (1981), Tron (1982), Dreamscape (1984), The Last Starfighter (1984), Dune (1984), The Terminator (1984), Back to the Future (1985), Total Recall (1990), The Matrix (1999), and each of the first eleven Star Trek Films: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), and Star Trek (2009). The two Sci Fi miniseries discussed are Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) and Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003). Organized into an Introduction and nine chapters, this study examines the monomyth in the context of Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949) and then discusses the use of this versatile plot structure in these twenty-six films and two miniseries.
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• Letter writing: the imagination's personal genre / by Dennis Patrick Slattery, PhD
• Joseph Campbell's correspondence: a portrait of an epoch / by Evans Lansing Smith, PhD
• Joseph Campbell: seventy years of making myths; an interview with D.J.R. Bruckner
• Wanderings: Paris to Pacific Grove
• The 1940s: decade mirabilis
• The 1950s: the banquet years
• The masks of god
• Political matters: Thomas Mann to the Vietnam War
• The 1970s and the mythic image
• The last decade
• Coda: testimonials and condolences.

"A collection of letters to and from the American academic and writer Joseph Campbell; includes correspondence with notable thinkers such as Thomas Mann, Carl Gustav Jung, Margaret Mead, Mircea Eliade, Alan Watts, and Gary Snyder"-- Provided by publisher.

This text follows searches for ultimate meaning: the basic religious dimension, the transcendent quality by which existence, happiness, and human suffering, hopes and expectations, heroic sacrifice and the affirmation of life, love and death receive some perspective.
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• Introduction. Jung's influence on Campbell-- Overview-- Methodological reflection-- What this book aims to achieve--
• Part 1 - Jung-- 1 The development of Jung's ideas about the concept of the archetype-- Early developments-- "On the nature of the psyche"-- Synchronicity-- 2 The Ideas of Anthony Stevens-- Ideas expressed in the book "Archetype Revisited"-- Steven's take on Jung's ideas about religion-- Conclusion--
• Part 2 Campbell-- 3 Campbell's Life-- Boyhood and student years-- Development of core ideas-- Professional career-- 4 Phase One and Two of Campbell's Career-- Which books by Jung did Campbell own?-- Phase one (1944-1959)-- Phase two (1959-1968)-- 5 Phase Three of Campbell's Life-- 6 Conclusion-- The model of the three phases: a summary-- Overview and close analysis of my most important arguments-- Campbell as a 'post-Jungian'-- Reflections on the potential benefits of my findings--
• Appendix I-- Bibliography.
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Joseph Campbell (1904-1988) was one of the most well-known and popular scholars of myth and comparative religion of the twentieth century. His work, however, has never fully received the same amount of scholarly interest and critical reflection that some of his contemporaries have received. In this book, based on extensive research in the Joseph Campbell Archive in Santa Barbara, Ritske Rensma shows that reflecting on C.G. Jung's influence on Campbell greatly furthers our understanding of these ideas, and that once this goal is achieved it becomes obvious that Campbell was a scholar whose ideas are still of significance today. Following Jung's lead, Campbell put great emphasis on the innate structures of the mind, an approach which pre-echoes the current 'evolutionary turn' in fields such as cognitive theory, psychology, psychiatry and neurobiology. This study will therefore not just be of interest to students and scholars interested in psychological approaches to the study of religion as well as Jung and Campbell, but also to those with an interest in recent developments in the above-mentioned fields.
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This is a study of Joseph Campbell (1904-1988), one of the most well-known and popular scholars of myth and comparative religion of the twentieth century. Joseph Campbell (1904-1988) was one of the most well-known and popular scholars of myth and comparative religion of the twentieth century. His work, however, has never fully received the same amount of scholarly interest and critical reflection that some of his contemporaries have received. In this book, based on extensive research in the Joseph Campbell Archive in Santa Barbara, Ritske Rensma shows that reflecting on C.G. Jung's influence on Campbell greatly furthers our understanding of these ideas, and that once this goal is achieved it becomes obvious that Campbell was a scholar whose ideas are still of significance today. Following Jung's lead, Campbell put great emphasis on the innate structures of the mind, an approach which pre-echoes the current 'evolutionary turn' in fields such as cognitive theory, psychology, psychiatry and neurobiology. This study will therefore not just be of interest to students and scholars interested in psychological approaches to the study of religion as well as Jung and Campbell, but also to those with an interest in recent developments in the above-mentioned fields. This groundbreaking new series offers original reflections on theory and method in the study of religions, and demonstrates new approaches to the way religious traditions are studied and presented. Studies published under its auspices look to clarify the role and place of Religious Studies in the academy, but not in a purely theoretical manner.
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This book is an invitation for gay people to see their difference not as a defect, but as a calling to travel a new territory and bring a new gift to their Tribe. It is based on the journey of the hero as described by mythologist Joseph Campbell and follows the steps he outlines, from life in the "ordinary world," through the "call to adventure," reluctantly setting out on the journey, meeting the obstacles that include the "supreme ordeal" of wrestling with fear and condemnation in the "inmost cave," triumphing over "the Shadow," and finally returning with "the Elixir," the healing substance of love.

• Introduction. Jung's influence on Campbell-- Overview-- Methodological reflection-- What this book aims to achieve--
• Part 1 - Jung-- 1 The development of Jung's ideas about the concept of the archetype-- Early developments-- "On the nature of the psyche"-- Synchronicity-- 2 The Ideas of Anthony Stevens-- Ideas expressed in the book "Archetype Revisited"-- Steven's take on Jung's ideas about religion-- Conclusion--
• Part 2 Campbell-- 3 Campbell's Life-- Boyhood and student years-- Development of core ideas-- Professional career-- 4 Phase One and Two of Campbell's Career-- Which books by Jung did Campbell own?-- Phase one (1944-1959)-- Phase two (1959-1968)-- 5 Phase Three of Campbell's Life-- 6 Conclusion-- The model of the three phases: a summary-- Overview and close analysis of my most important arguments-- Campbell as a 'post-Jungian'-- Reflections on the potential benefits of my findings--
• Appendix I-- Bibliography.
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Joseph Campbell (1904-1988) was one of the most well-known and popular scholars of myth and comparative religion of the twentieth century. His work, however, has never fully received the same amount of scholarly interest and critical reflection that some of his contemporaries have received. In this book, based on extensive research in the Joseph Campbell Archive in Santa Barbara, Ritske Rensma shows that reflecting on C.G. Jung's influence on Campbell greatly furthers our understanding of these ideas, and that once this goal is achieved it becomes obvious that Campbell was a scholar whose ideas are still of significance today. Following Jung's lead, Campbell put great emphasis on the innate structures of the mind, an approach which pre-echoes the current 'evolutionary turn' in fields such as cognitive theory, psychology, psychiatry and neurobiology. This study will therefore not just be of interest to students and scholars interested in psychological approaches to the study of religion as well as Jung and Campbell, but also to those with an interest in recent developments in the above-mentioned fields.
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This is a study of Joseph Campbell (1904-1988), one of the most well-known and popular scholars of myth and comparative religion of the twentieth century. Joseph Campbell (1904-1988) was one of the most well-known and popular scholars of myth and comparative religion of the twentieth century. His work, however, has never fully received the same amount of scholarly interest and critical reflection that some of his contemporaries have received. In this book, based on extensive research in the Joseph Campbell Archive in Santa Barbara, Ritske Rensma shows that reflecting on C.G. Jung's influence on Campbell greatly furthers our understanding of these ideas, and that once this goal is achieved it becomes obvious that Campbell was a scholar whose ideas are still of significance today. Following Jung's lead, Campbell put great emphasis on the innate structures of the mind, an approach which pre-echoes the current 'evolutionary turn' in fields such as cognitive theory, psychology, psychiatry and neurobiology. This study will therefore not just be of interest to students and scholars interested in psychological approaches to the study of religion as well as Jung and Campbell, but also to those with an interest in recent developments in the above-mentioned fields. This groundbreaking new series offers original reflections on theory and method in the study of religions, and demonstrates new approaches to the way religious traditions are studied and presented. Studies published under its auspices look to clarify the role and place of Religious Studies in the academy, but not in a purely theoretical manner.
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• Introduction
• Myth, an attempt to define the indefinable
• C.S. Lewis and myth
• Joseph Campbell and myth
• Christianity as history, mystery, and myth
• C.S. Lewis and Joseph Campbell on the role of myth in a technological society
• Conclusion.

"This book examines the meaning and significance of myth as understood by Joseph Campbell and C.S. Lewis and its place in the Christian faith in a technological society."--Preface.