";s:4:"text";s:5545:" This is the best summary of Campbell's main ideas about Myth's role in human life. Two stars for pointing out a couple of correlations between Buddhism and Christianity that I had never noticed before. In the beginning : origins of man and myth -- 2. The information is interesting but isn't presented well in book format.Outstanding historical overview of cultural mythology, showing how their stories inherit from each other.
This book is a compilation of various lectures he gave. It never seems to get to the transformations part. This book contained a good deal of artwork and pictures, going hand in hand with what Campbell was discussing - being printed in black and white, a bit of the artistic grandeur was lost.Otro excelentísimo libro de Campbell, en el que nos conduce a traves del nacimiento y desarrollo del pensamiento mitologico desde los primeros vestigios de temas mitológicos en las cavernas, pasando por la mitologia Egipcia, Sumerio-Babilonica, Griega, Cristiana, Budista y los Romances Medievales. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. This material propelled me along my spiritual path, and I really enjoyed revisiting it last summer.This was not one of my favorite books by Joseph Campbell, but I don't fault him for it. It's a very rambling lecture series that feels poorly organized. He loved to read books about American Indian cultures, and frequently visited the American Museum of Natural History in New York, where he was fascinated by the museum's collection of totem poles.
No solamente es completo y con referencias ilustradas de varias de lasmpiezas artisticas que cita, sino que lo hace amenony con gran sentido del humor, en particular los ultimos tres capitulos, dedicadOtro excelentísimo libro de Campbell, en el que nos conduce a traves del nacimiento y desarrollo del pensamiento mitologico desde los primeros vestigios de temas mitológicos en las cavernas, pasando por la mitologia Egipcia, Sumerio-Babilonica, Griega, Cristiana, Budista y los Romances Medievales. [Joseph Campbell; Peter Donat;] -- Lectures given by Joseph Campbell from 1982-1984.
They were taken from a documentary (if I'm not mistaken, Mythos I and Mythos II?) It's just a lot of dry information about different religions. It's basically transcription of lectures, so you lose something in the flow of the writing at times. The Great Migration was the movement of six million African Americans out of the South to urban areas in the Northeast, Midwest, and West between 1...The renowned master of mythology is at his warm, accessible, and brilliant best in this illustrated collection of thirteen lectures covering mythological development around the world.Joseph Campbell had an incredible vision of world mythology, how myths developed among the very first humans until now and how they related to each other in different parts of the world. Occasionally, the dialogue becomes odd due to its original medium, but he covers a lot of fascinating topics from both east and west. Good resume, not all inclusive.If I could give extra stars for the new thoughts and ideas inspired from this, it could reach infinite proportions. February 28th 1990 Evidently there are slides being shown during the lectures and those illustrations are in the book. shown on PBS some years ago. Books, Video & Audio: ... Transformations of Myth Through Time. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1990 Cassette release of Transformations Of Myth Through Time on Discogs. This book contained a good deal of artwork and pictures, going hand in hand with what Campbell was discussing - being printed in black and white, a bit of the artistic grandeur was lost.First, I would like to make it clear that I did enjoy this book. Where there was no path : Arthurian legends and the Western way -- 12. I think a better title for it would have been Overview Of Eastern Religions Plus Yoga. Read 31 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. The essays were both interesting, and informative - they gave a lot of food for thought. Transformations of Myth Through Time. In search of the Holy Grail : the Parzival legend A great set of lectures that links rituals, behaviours, literature and art and how it evolves to modern times. The lectures are better than the reading but the content of the reading is good too.This is the transcript of a lecture series that can also be found on video. The Complete 14 Episode TV Series Featuring 13 Hour-Long Lectures Plus The Biographical Film THE HERO’S JOURNEY Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video … Published As I understand the formation of this book, it is a collection of his lectures, merely transcribed, with pictures added. It would have helped if there was a key or guide to link the writing with the illustrations, but there is nothing. The essays were both interesting, and informative - they gave a lot of food for thought. Campbell, Joseph. I could "hear" him talking, but it didn't translate well to words on paper. A noble heart : the courtly love of Tristan and Isolde -- 13. They were taken from a documentary (if I'm not mistaken, Mythos I and Mythos II?) Start by marking “Transformations of Myth Through Time” as Want to Read: By Joseph Campbell Covering the great sweep of mythological development around the world, this illustrated collection features the thirteen, brilliant key lectures from world-renowned scholar and mythologist Joseph Campbell.