The Power of Myth
by Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers
The transcripts of the PBS conversations between Campbell and Moyers: myth, the hero, sacrifice, love, marriage, death, 'follow your bliss.' It is the accessible Campbell, warm and wide-ranging, and it is where most people met him. The advice to follow your bliss has been misread as hedonism; he meant vocation.
Read it if…
you want Campbell's wisdom in conversation rather than scholarship.
Skip it if…
you want rigor; it is talk, generous and discursive.
Three things you will actually use
- Follow your bliss; doors will open where there were none.
- Myths are metaphors for the inner life.
- Marriage is an ordeal and a sacrifice of ego.
Do this first
Write what you do that makes you lose track of time, and consider whether it is your bliss.
Our verdict
Warm and accessible.
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