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Title: Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal (Collected Work of Joseph Campbell Series) by Joseph Campbell, David Kudler ISBN: 1-57731-403-4 Publisher: New World Library Pub. Date: May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Introduction to Asian Religion
Comment: I heard about this book at the Campbell Foundations website and was very interested--I'd always wanted to learn more about Asian religions but had found the books I'd looked at either too hard-core academic or too new-agey or too obscure. I tried reading the Bhagavad Gita ten years ago, and thought it was cool, but couldn't really understand it.
This book really gave me an insight into the mindset that lies behind Buddhism and Hinduism. I'd always thought the emphasis on reincarnation was a little creepy, but now I have an idea of what its about. Campbell tells some wonderful stories and connects the dots between what seem like really random ideas. And the short section on the Bhagavad Gita was really eye-opening. I went back and reread the book and feel like I finally understand it.
This is a perfect book to start your exploration of Eastern Religion.
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful introduction to asian religion
Comment: This book was a lovely, focused introduction to Hinduism and Buddhism, with a little Jainism and Taoism thrown in for good measure. I loved Cambpell's ability both to find the lovely, telling details in each of these traditions, and to find the overarching themes--especially the idea of Brahman, which he sees as underpinning all of them. I also particularly loved Cambpell's sense of humor--in one section he's describing the reincarnation of the soul, and says it's putting on and taking off bodies "like a shopper at Macy's trying on scarves"! That page is marked in my copy by the tea I sputtered because I laughed so loudly.
The only downside from my point of view was an emphasis in the sections on Buddhism on Mahayana as opposed to Theravada Buddhism. Though he does discuss the older branch of the Buddhist tradition, it is somewhat in passing. Nonetheless, I enjoyed this book enormously.
Rating: 5
Summary: Finally!
Comment: Having devoured Campbell's work in the nineties, I'd almost given up on his unpublished essays and lectures ever seeing the light of day. Then came Thou Art That and now Myths Of Light. These books are just perfect echoes of Campbell's comparative conclusions, only more concise. After a lifetime of work, his lectures honed his thoughts into great clarity. These two books are actually great introductions to Campbell's thoughts and work. They touch here and there on historical evidence, but mainly stay in the line of clarifying what occident and orient mythology entails.
If you've been waiting a long time to read more Campbell, you'll have bought these books already. And if you haven't, you'll be very surpised.
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Title: Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor by Joseph Campbell, Eugene C. Kennedy ISBN: 1577312023 Publisher: New World Library Pub. Date: 10 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion by Joseph Campbell ISBN: 1577312090 Publisher: New World Library Pub. Date: 09 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Sake & Satori: Asian Journals, Japan (Asian Journals) by Joseph Campbell, David Kudler ISBN: 1577312368 Publisher: New World Library Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Myths to Live by by Joseph Campbell ISBN: 0140194614 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Masks of God: Creative Mythology (Masks of God) by Joseph Campbell ISBN: 0140194401 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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