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<p>What is a properly functioning mythology and what are its functions? Can we use myths to help relieve our modern anxiety, or do they help foster it? In <b>Myths to Live by, Joseph Campbell</b> explores the enduring power of the universal myths that influence our lives daily and examines the myth-making process from the primitive past to the immediate present, retuning always to the source from which all mythology springs: the creative imagination.</p> <p> Campbell stresses that the borders dividing the Earth have been shattered; that myths and religions have always followed the certain basic archetypes and are no longer exclusive to a single people, region, or religion. He shows how we must recognize their common denominators and allow this knowledge to be of use in fulfilling human potential everywhere.</p> <p>The brilliant author of The Masks of God shares his ideas and speculations on our universal myths, in a fascinating, very personal work which explores the enduring power of the myths that influence our lives and examines the myth-making process from the primitive past to the immediate present. </p>

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Author

Joseph Campbell

Publisher

Penguin Compass/Arkana

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780140194616

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Poetry, Religion, Philosophy

Rating

4.25 / 5 (3,931 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13