Advanced World Mythology:
Joseph Campbell's Vision (RS 390, 3 units)
Course Outline by Lanier Graham 1996
for Religious Studies Department, HSU
Thematic explorations of Goddess, Hero, Navajo Twins, Greek Mysteries, King Arthur, The Grail, Love & Marriage, Kundalini, Dying, Death & Rebirth.
Using segments from his many books & from videotapes of his many TV lectures &interviews, a guided tour through the most important ideas of the man who has done more than anyone to awaken a wide interest in the deep symbolism of mythology. Taught by Lanier Graham, a scholar who knew Campbell well, first as a student and then as a friend. Included are elements from Campbell's biography, as well as a balanced evaluation of his strengths & weaknesses.
Text: TRANSFORMATIONS OF MYTH THROUGH TIME (two volumes). 1990.
Topics:
- The Life & Times of a Mythographer - A Fire in the Mind
- Early Heroes: Joyce, Zimmer, & HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES:
Finding a Common Thread in Great Myths - the perennial "all is one".
- THE MASKS OF GOD: Respecting the Differences in Great Myths
- THE MYTHIC IMAGE: The first well-illustrated book.
- HISTORICAL ATLAS OF WORLD MYTHOLOGY: The Final Book
- THE POWER OF MYTH: TV conversations with Millions of People
- LOOKING IN DEPTH: Gods & Goddesses of the Neolithic
- LOOKING IN DEPTH: Navajo Myth & a shaman named Jeff King
- LOOKING IN DEPTH: The Chakras - a Goddess in the Spine
- LOOKING IN DEPTH: Mystery Religions of Ancient Greece
- LOOKING IN DEPTH: The Birth of Love as We Know it Today
- LOOKING IN DEPTH: In Search of the Holy Grail
- LOOKING IN DEPTH: Dante & the Tibetan Book of the Dead
- LOOKING IN DEPTH: Where did Modern Society go Wrong?
BOOKS BY JOSEPH CAMPBELL: Recommended Reading LG 1 May 96
THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES, 1949 & 1968
THE MASKS OF GOD (1959-1968):
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v.1 PRIMITIVE MYTHOLOGY, 1959
v.2 ORIENTAL MYTHOLOGY, 1962
v.3 OCCIDENTAL MYTHOLOGY, 1964
v.4 CREATIVE MYTHOLOGY, 1968
THE MYTHIC IMAGE, 1974
HISTORICAL ATLAS OF WORLD MYTHOLOGY (1983-1988)
- v.1 THE WAY OF THE ANIMAL POWERS, 1983
v.2 THE WAY OF THE SEEDED EARTH, 1988
TRANSFORMATIONS OF MYTH THROUGH TIME, 1990
[Text of the final 13 lectures that were recorded on videotape as a course]
Books associated with Joseph Campbell
THE POWER OF MYTH. With Bill Moyers, 1988
[Edited text of the PBS conversations with Bill Moyers]
JOSEPH CAMPBELL: AN INTRODUCTION
- by Robert A. Segal. Mentor, 1987 & 1990
[A thoughtful critical survey of Campbell's books]
TRANSFORMATIONS OF MYTH THROUGH TIME:
AN ANTHOLOGY OF READINGS, HBJ for PBS, 1990
- [A reader designed to be read in conjunction with the 13 final lectures as a PBS course]
THE HERO'S JOURNEY: THE WORLD OF JOSEPH CAMPBELL
- Edited by Phil Cousneau. HarperSanFrancisco, 1990
[Text of the film-biography]
A FIRE IN THE MIND: THE LIFE OF JOSEPH CAMPBELL
- by Stephen & Robin Larsen. Doubleday, 1991
[The authorized biography]
[Copyright Lanier Graham 1996]