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Lecture I.1.1 -
The Celebration of Life
by Joseph Campbell
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"In the human heart and in the human mind -- no matter what the race, the culture, the language, the tradition -- there is at least the sense of a mystery, and an awesome and a very terrifying mystery inhabiting the whole universe: the very mystery of being itself." -- Joseph Campbell
Early shrines and cave art suggest that human beings were aware of a grand mystery far beyond themselves more than 100,000 years ago. Modern investigations into early mythologies have revealed basic motifs and recurring themes. Joseph Campbell shows how these ancient myths and symbols celebrate the mysteries of life and can sustain us today. |
| 1. | | The Awesome Mystery of Being |
| 2. | | Universal Motifs, Particular Differentiation |
| 3. | | Life Kills Other Life to Live |
| 4. | | The First Function of Mythology |
| 5. | | The Second Function of Mythology |
| 6. | | The Third Function of Mythology |
| 7. | | Heresy is the Life of a Mythology |
| 8. | | The Fourth Function of Mythology |
| 9. | | An Australian Initiation Rite |
| 10. | | Adult Behavior and Changing Social Orders |
| 11. | | Old Age and Death |
| 12. | | Myths Give Inspiration for Aspiration |
| 13. | | The Animal World: Humankind's First Inspiration |
| 14. | | Out of Death Comes Life: the Plant World as Inspiration |
| 15. | | As Above, So Below: the Cosmic Order as Inspiration |
| 16. | | The Mythology for Today: the Other as Inspiration |
| 17. | | Mythology's Song: That's Life |
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- Date: March 1, 1967
- Venue: The Cooper Union
- Location: New York, NY
- Archive Number: L166
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- Previously Issued as part of: The Joseph Campbell Audio Collection, Vol. 1
- Publisher: HighBridge Audio
- Editor: Mark Watts
- Release Date: 1996 (cassette); 2002 (CD)
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