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The latest installment in the New York Times bestselling Don't Know Much About® series -- a magical journey into the timeless world of mythology. It has been fifteen years since Kenneth C. Davis first dazzled audiences with his instant classic Don't Know Much About® History, vividly bringing the past to life and proving that Americans don't hate history, they just hate the dull, textbook version they were fed in school. With humor, wit, and a knack...
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Explore the Hero's Journey in stories as old as humanity and as new as last night's dream
The latest incarnation of Oedipus, the continued romance of Beauty and the Beast, stand this afternoon on the corner of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, waiting for the traffic light to change. — Joseph Campbell
Since its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faceshas influenced millions of readers by combining the insights
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This course surveys current thinking about the meaning of myth, including in spiritual and Theosophical communities, together with examples of different kinds of myth and clips from recent mythological films. The hero myth, especially as interpreted in Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces and its use in the Star Wars movies is emphasized.
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Myth is the means by which man gives expression to his intuitive feelings about his origins, his being, and his unfulfilled potentialities. In other words, myth is the story of mankind. But many scholars of myth maintain that the old myths are no longer effective for today’s modern world, that a new mythic structure is needed for the twenty-first century. In this lecture, Dr. Hoeller gives a sweeping psycho-historical survey of major mythic developments,...