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Primitive Mythology (The Masks of God Book 1) by Joseph Campbell, David Kudler is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Explore the power of myth as humanity first discovered itCollected Works edition — with up-to-date scienceIn this first volume of The Masks of God — Joseph Campbell’s major work of comparative mythology — the preeminent mythologist looks at the wellsprings of myth. From the earliest expressions of religious awe in pre-modern humans to the rites and art of contemporary primal tribes, myth has informed humankind's understanding of the world, seen and unseen. Exploring these archetypal mythic images and practices, Campbell examines the basic concepts that underlie all human myth, even to this day.The Masks of God is a four-volume study of world religion and myth that stands as one of Joseph Campbell’s masterworks. On completing it, he wrote:Its main result for me has been the confirmation of a thought I have long and faithfully entertained: of the unity of the race of man, not only in its biology, but also in its spiritual history, which has everywhere unfolded in the manner of a single symphony, with its themes announced, developed, amplified and turned about, distorted, reasserted, and today, in a grand fortissimo of all sections sounding together, irresistibly advancing to some kin

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Author
Joseph Campbell, David Kudler
Publisher
Joseph Campbell Foundation
Published
2018
Language
EN
Category
work of fiction

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