Campbell, Joseph 1904-1987

The power of myth by Joseph Campbell ( Book )
67 editions published between 1988 and 2010 in 10 languages and held by 4,376 libraries worldwide
Conversations between Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers, a television journalist, discussing mythology and our ties to the past.

The hero with a thousand faces by Joseph Campbell ( Book )
88 editions published between 1949 and 2008 in 10 languages and held by 4,029 libraries worldwide
Describes how the "protagonists of folklore and religion enact simultaneously the various phases of their common story" and relates "their timeless symbols to those rediscovered in dream by contemporary depth psychology."

The masks of God by Joseph Campbell ( Book )
51 editions published between 1960 and 2003 in 4 languages and held by 2,484 libraries worldwide
The author of such acclaimed books as Hero With a Thousand Faces and The Power of Myth discusses the primitive roots of mythology, examining them in light of the most recent discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, and psychology.

Myths to live by by Joseph Campbell ( Book )
30 editions published between 1972 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 2,141 libraries worldwide
Includes material on "the buffalo-gods, Quetzalcoatls, Buddhas, fairy queens and other such figures."

The portable Jung by C. G Jung ( Book )
21 editions published between 1971 and 2006 in English and held by 2,058 libraries worldwide
Presents a compilation of writings by the Swiss psychoanalyst.

The mythic image by Joseph Campbell ( Book )
18 editions published between 1974 and 2006 in English and Korean and held by 2,038 libraries worldwide
Presents approximately 450 illustrations of mythic art from Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Indian, Chinese, European, and Olmec cultures as a basis for an exploration into the relation of dreams to myth.

Historical atlas of world mythology by Joseph Campbell ( Book )
19 editions published between 1983 and 1989 in English and held by 1,845 libraries worldwide
From Back Cover: Joseph Cambell's multivolume Historical Atals of World Mythology, his magnum opus, marks the culmination of his brilliant career as scholar, writer, teacher, and one of the foremost interreters of our sacred traditions. Campbell describe his work as an attempt to tell humankind's "One Great Story"-our saga of spiritual awakening and the subsequent development of the many different mythological perspectives that have shaped us throughtout time. His central theme is that our seemingly disparate spiritual traditions are neither discrete nor unique, but rather each is simply an "ethnic manifestation" of one or another of those "elemental ideals" that have forever transfixed the human psyche.

Myths and symbols in Indian art and civilization by Heinrich Robert Zimmer ( Book )
35 editions published between 1946 and 1995 in 5 languages and held by 1,757 libraries worldwide

Transformations of myth through time by Joseph Campbell ( Book )
10 editions published between 1989 and 2000 in 4 languages and held by 1,744 libraries worldwide
A collection of thirteen lectures, all given near the end of Joseph Campbell's life, that examine the great sweep of mythological development around the world and across the ages.

The inner reaches of outer space : metaphor as myth and as religion by Joseph Campbell ( Book )
18 editions published between 1985 and 2004 in English and held by 1,516 libraries worldwide
Developed from a memorable series of lectures delivered in San Francisco, which included a legendary symposium at the Palace of Fine Arts with astronaut Rusty Schweickart, Joseph Campbell's last book explores the space age. Campbell posits that the newly discovered laws of outer space are actually at work within human beings as well and that a new mythology is implicit in this realization. He examines the new mythology and other questions in these essays which he described as "a broadly shared spiritual adventure."--From publisher description.