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My first favorite hermit was Obi-Wan Kenobi, who came to the big screen in the early summer of ’77. I suppose I was drawn to the whole package, the whole iconography of this unusual figure cloaked in a deep-hooded, earth-toned mantle, thoughtfully discerning tracks in the sand to read the tales of events just-passed. There was something different to this character from the standard Hollywood heroes and heroines whose special abilities were more overtly rendered, more consistently on display. Obi-Wan seemed to possess an unfamiliar hidden power beneath all that quiet appearance and quiet action. I recall the wonderful…
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Craig Deininger contributes this week's MythBlast, "The Hermit and Reflection".
"My first favorite hermit was Obi-Wan Kenobi, who came to the big screen in the early summer of ’77. I suppose I was drawn to the whole package, the whole iconography of this unusual figure cloaked in a deep-hooded, earth-toned mantle, thoughtfully discerning tracks in the sand to read the tales of events just-passed. There was something different to this character from the standard Hollywood heroes and heroines whose special abilities were more overtly rendered, more consistently on display. Obi-Wan seemed to possess an unfamiliar hidden power beneath all that quiet appearance and quiet action."
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Image: Reflection by Mark Round
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Join us for a free, live webinar with Stephen Gerringer, editor of the new Joseph Campbell book Myth and Meaning: Conversations on Mythology and Life, and Bradley Olson, PhD, JCF’s Publications Director on Saturday, December 9, 10:00-11:00 Pacific time.
Stephen, the editor of this new addition to The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell, compiled this work from little-known interviews and recordings of the lively discussion sessions that followed Campbell’s lectures. You’ll find chapters on topics ranging from the basics of mythology, to the relationships between myth and religion, psychology, and art, to Campbell’s own life and career.
We’ll hear directly from Stephen what it was like to edit this material, and we’ll learn about Bradley’s forthcoming book, The Mythopoetic Impulse: Selected Essays 2017-2022. We’ll also have time for Q&A with webinar participants.
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From Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers
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Our gift to you this month is The Humbling of Indra (Esingle).
In this introduction to Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal, Joseph Campbell begins his fascinating overview of the central symbols and myths of the great Asian religions by examining the very basis of myth, and by retelling the ancient Indian tale of how the greatest of the Hindu gods was brought low at the moment of his greatest triumph.
"The knowledge of space is the knowledge of our lives. We’re born from space. It was from space that the Big Bang came that sent forth galaxies, and out of the galaxies, solar systems. The planet we are on is a little pebble in one of these things, and we have grown out of the earth of this pebble. This is the fantastic mythology that’s waiting for somebody to write poems about." — Joseph Campbell
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