{"product_id":"books-myths-to-live-by-by-joseph-campbell","title":"Myths to Live By","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Myths, according to Freud's view, are of the psychological order of dream. Myths, so to say, are public dreams; dreams are private myths. \"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"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.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eMyths to Live\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53770468163857,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780140194616.jpg?v=1783960141","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-myths-to-live-by-by-joseph-campbell","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}