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The Joseph Campbell Foundation Book Shop

The Joseph Campbell Foundation invites you to experience the power of myth. Your purchases from this shop directly support our mission. Thank you for making this work possible!

Physical merchandise is currently only available within the United States.

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Please note that purchases of ebooks and audio lectures on this site are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. Physical merchandise is not tax-deductible, but we hope these items inspire you as you walk the path of myth with us.

This compelling series of lectures by Joseph Campbell was recorded at the renowned Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, in August of 1969. Across eleven engaging talks spanning over fourteen hours, Joseph Campbell traces mythology’s functions and evolution while leading listeners toward his own mythological conclusions. Rich with insight and sweeping in scope, this series captures Campbell’s gift for bringing the world’s stories into living conversation.

 

A Brief History of World Mythology includes the following lectures:

 

  • The Function of Mythology

  • Mythology East and West

  • The Sound of AUM and Kundalini Yoga

  • Buddhism in China

  • Shift to Western Psychology

  • Jung, Myth, and Shadow

  • Thomas Mann & James Joyce

  • Grail Mythology

  • Birth of the Perennial Philosophy

  • Birth of the Modern

  • Mythological Conclusions

Collected Audio, Series II, Volume I: A Brief History of World Mythology

$59.99Price

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