Masks of God, The: Occidental Mythology
by Joseph Campbell
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A systematic comparison of the themes that underlie the art, worship, and literature of the Western world.
Joseph Campbell's major work of comparative mythology — the preeminent mythologist looks at the pagan religions of Greece, Rome, and the Celts, as well as the Abrahamic religions — Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Exploring the West's shift from female-centered to male-centered mythology, Campbell examines the distinguishing characteristics and the shared root concepts of these mythologies. The Masks of God is a four-volume study of world religion and myth that stands as one of Joseph Campbell's masterworks. On completing it, he wrote: Its main result for me has been the confirmation of a thought I have long and faithfully entertained: of the unity of the race of man, not only in its biology, but also in its spiritual history, which has everywhere unfolded in the manner of a single symphony, with its themes announced, developed, amplified and turned about, distorted, reasserted, and today, in a grand fortissimo of all sections sounding together, irresistibly advancing to some kind of mighty climax, out of which the next great movement will emerge.
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Studies the development of man's philosophical views of supreme beings in primitive, Eastern, and Western culture.
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- Title
- Masks of God, The: Occidental Mythology
- Author
- Joseph Campbell
- Book Condition
- Used - Temple X-Library, Very Good++
- Jacket Condition
- Poor-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Ed, 1st Prtg
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1964
- Pages
- 564
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Spirituality
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