[PDF] Myths Dreams And Religion eBook

Author : Edward Clodd
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 11,84 MB
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781406813692

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Reprinted from the second, revised edition of 1891. Clod, an anthropologist and keen folklorist, wrote and lectured on anthropology and evolution and cultivated a wide circle of literary and scientific friends.

Author : Joseph Campbell
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 11,48 MB
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0140194614

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"Myths, according to Freud's view, are of the psychological order of dream. Myths, so to say, are public dreams; dreams are private myths. " "There is no one quite like Joseph Campbell. He knows the vast sweep of man's panoramic past as few men have evern known it." -The Village Voice 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 Myths to Live by, Joseph Campbell 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. 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.

Author : D. L. Mayfield
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 14,97 MB
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 083084824X

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Affluence, autonomy, safety, and power—the central values of the American dream. But are they compatible with Jesus' command to love our neighbor as ourselves? In essays grouped around these four values, D. L. Mayfield asks us to pay attention to the ways they shape our own choices, and the ways those choices affect our neighbors.

Author : Joseph Campbell
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 31,25 MB
Release : 2011-05-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0307794725

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An extraordinary book that reveals how the themes and symbols of ancient narratives continue to bring meaning to birth, death, love, and war. The Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people—including Star Wars creator George Lucas. To Campbell, mythology was the “song of the universe, the music of the spheres.” With Bill Moyers, one of America’s most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaging interviewer, The Power of Myth touches on subjects from modern marriage to virgin births, from Jesus to John Lennon, offering a brilliant combination of intelligence and wit. From stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome to traditions of Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity, a broad array of themes are considered that together identify the universality of human experience across time and culture. An impeccable match of interviewer and subject, a timeless distillation of Campbell’s work, The Power of Myth continues to exert a profound influence on our culture.

Author : Adrienne Mayor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 22,63 MB
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0691202265

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Traces the story of how ancient cultures envisioned artificial life, automata, self-moving devices and human enhancements, sharing insights into how the mythologies of the past related to and shaped ancient machine innovations.

Author : Edward Clodd
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 42,79 MB
Release : 2015-09-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781342539861

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