ISBN: 9780385247733
Release Date: 01 May 1988
Average rating: (read by 13 members)

Categories: Folklore , Myths & mythology , Comparative religion , Social & cultural anthropology , Costume, clothes & fashion

Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers offer a brilliant combination of wisdom and wit in conversations that range from modern marriage to virgin births, from saviors to heroes in the Power of Myth--a great summing up of Campbell's works.

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Rated it 6 months ago
"The Power of Myth" is a 'novelized conversation' of several interviews between Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell, where they dwell into the world of old myths and modern life. The book has a very reader-friendly approach where the tone, language and...

JulieB
Rated it 6 months ago
Loved this book! If you are fascinated by mythology and relicgion and culture and sociology and Star Wars, this is a must-read.

patrickwayne
Rated it 6 months ago
The Power of Myth is a journey through the world's mythologies that have shaped human experience since the beginning of the Age of Reason. This transcript of a series of discussions between Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers shines light on the mythology...

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