Joseph Campbell

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"In 'On the Great Goddess,' the introduction to Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine, Joseph Campbell addresses 'the challenge of the moment' for women, which is to 'flower as individuals, neither as biological archetypes nor as personalities imitative of the male.'"

A new day, a new celebration: Delve into Campbell's exploration of the Feminine Divine with this week's MythBlast by Raïna Manuel-Paris.

"For Campbell, the main themes of goddess myths are those that deal with the mysteries of initiation both in terms of how temporal life is animated by eternal mystery, and also in how we experience the great round of life and death." — Safron Rossi, editor, Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine

“Once you understand symbolic things, you, too, will see symbols everywhere.”

Joseph Campbell, “A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living. (Copyright © 1991 Joseph Campbell Foundation), p. 282

"You know, I didn't write my books for critics and scholars. I wrote them for students and artists. When I hear how much my work has meant to them––well, I can't tell you how happy that makes me. That means that this great stuff of myth, which I have been so privileged to work with, will be kept alive for a whole new generation. That's the function of the artists, you know, to reinterpret the old stories and make them come alive again, in poetry, painting, and now in movies."

Joseph Campbell, The Hero's Journey (Copyright © 1990, 2003 Joseph Campbell Foundation) p. xi; (Copyright © 2014 Joseph Campbell Foundation) paperback edition, p. xiii