Works by Campbell: Audio Books
Audio Books (CD & Cassette)
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 | Asian Journals — India and Japan | At the beginning of his career, Joseph Campbell developed a lasting fascination with the cultures of the Far East, and explorations of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy later became recurring motifs in his vast body of work. However, Campbell had to wait until he was 50 to visit the lands that inspired him so deeply. In 1954, he took a sabbatical from his teaching position and embarked on a yearlong voyage through India, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and finally Japan. He encounters an Asia that shocks and transforms him. Asian Journals combines the two hardcover editions of Campbell’s journals, … | audio-book book cd |
 | Eastern Way, The | Available to download from JCF.org: Authorized by the Joseph Campbell Foundation, here is Volume Three (of Five) in a 40-hour series. These are the key lectures that Campbell kept in his study and used as the basis for later lectures on myth, symbolism, and spiritual awakening. Provocative and exhilarating, full of wit and wisdom, they are windows into one of the greatest minds of our time. Lectures from this collection are available in print as chapters in Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal. Oriental Mythology In this talk, Joseph Campbell explores an extraordinary difference between western belief systems … | cassette cd |
 | Ecstasy of Being, The | Joseph Campbell’s collected writings on dance and art, edited and introduced by Nancy Allison, CMA, the founder of Jean Erdman Dance, and including Campbell’s unpublished manuscript “Mythology and Form in the Performing and Visual Arts,” the book he was working on when he died. Dance was one of mythologist Joseph Campbell’s wide-ranging passions. His wife, Jean Erdman, was a leading figure in modern dance who worked with Martha Graham and had Merce Cunningham in her first company. When Campbell retired from teaching in 1972, he and Erdman formed the Theater of the Open Eye, where for nearly fifteen years they … | audio-book book cd ebook |
 | Inward Journey: East and West | Available to download from JCF.org: From the Star Wars trilogy to the lyrics of the Grateful Dead, Joseph Campbell has had a profound impact on our culture, our beliefs, and the way we view ourselves and the world. Provocative and exhilarating, full of wit and wisdom, these lectures are windows into one of the great minds of our time. 5 lectures. The Thresholds of Mythology In this talk, Joseph Campbell discusses the four essential functions of a viable mythology. He then turns his attention to the fundamental difference between those mythologies that affirm existence and those that reject it. With … | cassette cd |
 | Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers (audio) | See also: Book: Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers (book) Video: Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers (video) The complete soundtrack from the phenomenally popular PBS series whose message about myth, ritual, and spiritual potentialities exhilarated millions of people. Contents: Program 1: The Hero’s Adventure Program 2: The Message of the Myth Program 3: The First Storytellers Program 4: Sacrifice and Bliss Program 5: Love and the Goddess Program 6: Masks of Eternity | cassette cd |
 | Man and Myth | Available to download from JCF.org: In Man and Myth, Joseph Campbell explores the origins of mythological symbols and our use of them to reconcile the conflicts inherent in life. Provocative and full of wisdom, these lectures were the basis for Campbell’s later work on myth, symbolism, and spiritual awakening. Tape 1: Man and Myth In this thought-provoking talk, Joseph Campbell explores the origins of myth. Building on Jung’s observations that myths are like dreams, he argues that the source of both myth and dream is the human psche. Myths, it could be said, are public dreams; dreams are private myths. … | cassette cd |
 | Masks of Eternity (Power of Myth 6) | The sixth program of Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers. See The Power of Myth for more information Program Six features the fascinating global conceptions of God–the masks of eternity that both cover and reveal the face of glory. This documentary is one of a series of conversations recorded for PBS between Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers. Journalist Moyers plays host, and facilitator to Campbell, the noted authority on world myths. Campbell made his life’s work noting the similarities in myths and traditions the world over. He maintained that this showed a common psychological and spiritual … | cassette vhs |
 | Mythology and the Individual | Available to download from JCF.org: From the Star Wars saga to the lyrics of the Grateful Dead, Joseph Campbell has had a profound impact on our global culture, our beliefs, and the way we view ourselves and the world. These early lectures are the recordings Campbell kept in his study and used as the basis for later lectures on myth, symbolism, the psyche, and spiritual awakening. Provocative and exhilarating, full of wit and wisdom, they are the windows into one of the greatest minds of our time. Portions of this collection are available in print as chapters in Myths to … | cassette cd |
 | Pathways to Bliss | Joseph Campbell famously defined myth as “other people’s religion.” But he also said that one of the basic functions of myth is to help each individual through the journey of life, providing a sort of travel guide or map to reach fulfillment — or, as he called it, bliss. For Campbell, many of the world’s most powerful myths support the individual’s heroic path toward bliss. In Pathways to Bliss, Campbell examines this personal, psychological side of myth. Like his classic best-selling books Myths to Live By and The Power of Myth, Pathways to Bliss draws from Campbell’s popular lectures and dialogues, which highlight his remarkable storytelling and … | audio-book book cd ebook |