The Masks of God, Vol. 4: Creative Mythology
by Joseph Campbell
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Author: Joseph CampbellEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1991-11-01
ISBN: 0140194401
Number of pages: 752
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Review: Eloquent exploration of the evolutions of symbols/gods
Summary: 5 Stars
In these four volumes, Joseph Campbell gathers the scattered fragments of world myth and weaves a rich tapestry in which the intermingled threads help trace the evolution of consciousness from the paleolithic through to modern times.It is a tapestry of gods,stories and symbols which shift,rearrange and change meaning around a core of ubiquitous motifs which persist across ages and civilisations.
While a great philosophical work in its own right the nature of the material means that rather than just been thought provoking, it engages you at gut level. Divesting the mind of some of its theatrical props you can be left with a sense of sublime awe, in the face of, for lack of a more poetic work, we call life.
Like all adventures its hard work in places and the intrepid reader might find 'The Hero of a Thousand Faces' a useful scouting foray into this terrain ( a bit like Bilbo Baggin's outing in advance of the Frodo Baggin's epic).
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