Two volumes; the first contains the text, while the second contains the images. This work, a unique product of scholarship and photography, presents a view of Indian Art that is believed to be the most comprehensive ever undertaken. Its text volume approaches the subject in close detail and in a rapidly moving and entertaining form of exposition. The second volume contains the photographs. With an editor’s foreword.

This pioneering work now in English opened C. G. Jung`s eyes to the psychological and spiritual significance of the Indian Mandala, and it remains the clearest introduction to the essence of Indian art and Yoga for both the specialist and general reader. Translated from the German and edited by Gerald Chapple and James B. Lawson. Foreword by Joseph Campbell.

Illustrated, from the Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch, With 200 Works of Art by Artists from Praxit Introduction by Joseph Campbell.

Prepared by the Centre for the Study of Social Policy/SRI International Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) released a report in 1974 that has become a classic in the “alternative futures” literature. It has been adopted as a tetxt in non-traditional courses at more than a dozen universities and reprinted repeatedly by SRI. Changing Images of Man explores the reasons why changes may have to take place in the fundamental conceptual premises, laws, attitudes and ethics once suitable for guiding the United States and other highly industrialised nations if a humane (and “workable”) future is to be achievable. It discusses …

The stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have become part of the way children—and adults—learn about the vagaries of the real world. Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow-White, Hänsel and Gretel, Little Red-Cap (Little Red Riding Hood), and Briar-Rose (Sleeping Beauty) are only a few of the more than two hundred enchanting characters included in this volume. The tales are presented just as Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm originally set them down: bold, primal, just frightening enough, and endlessly engaging. With black-and-white illustrations throughout Illustrated by Josef Schari / Commentary by Joseph Campbell Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and …

This is the classic, intimate study, movingly written with the special insight of direct encounter, which was first published in 1953 by the fledgling Thames & Hudson firm in the Man and Myth series edited by Joseph Campbell. Maya Deren’s Divine Horsemen is recognized throughout the world as a primary source book on the culture and spirituality of Haitian Voudoun. The work includes all the original photographs and illustrations, glossary, appendices and index. It includes the original Campbell foreword along with the foreword Campbell added to a later edition. Review: “Divine Horsemen is the result of vast fieldwork and personal …

Collection of essays on the Goddess by Joseph Campbell, Marija Gimbutas, Riane Eisler, and Charles Muses. A review from Library Journal: This important collection of essays (including Riane Eisler’s “The Goddess of Nature and Spirituality,” Marija Gimbutas’s “The ‘Monstrous Venus’ of Prehistory: Divina Creatrix,” Campbell’s “The Mystery Number of the Goddess,” Muses’s “The Ageless Way of Goddess: Divine Pregnancy and Higher Birth in Ancient Egypt and China”), supplemented by an epilog of celebration, illustrates the past and present significance of Goddess. Campbell’s contribution (his last completed work) indicates “that devotion to the perennial Goddess was a deep facet of Joe’s …

Published since 1976 by the prestigious Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, Parabola has become the preeminent magazine devoted to the myths, rituals, and art of the world’s religious and cultural traditions. Its contributors have included such renowned writers as the Dalai Lama, Madeleine L’Engle, Thich Nhat Hanh, N. Scott Momaday, and many others. This rich collection of essays, stories, and meditations is culled from Parabola’s entire history and unfolds for readers the majesty of the human task. From the opening chapter that asks “What Is Myth?” to the last exploring “The Marriage of Heaven and Earth,” readers …

Drawing from Eastern and Western literatures, Heinrich Zimmer presents a selection of stories linked together by their common concern for the problem of our eternal conflict with the forces of evil. Beginning with a tale from the Arabian Nights, this theme unfolds in legends from Irish paganism, medieval Christianity, the Arthurian cycle, and early Hinduism. In the retelling of these tales, Zimmer discloses the meanings within their seemingly unrelated symbols and suggests the philosophical wholeness of this assortment of myth. The noted Indologist Heinrich Zimmer, born in Germany in 1890, came to the United States in 1940, at the height …

In this richly illustrated volume, the noted archaeologist and prehistorian Marija Gimbutas brings prepatriarchal civilization to life. A pioneer in archaeomythology — the interdisciplinary field based on archaeology, comparative mythology, and folklore — Gimbutas unequivocally establishes the existence of a goddess religion in Neolithic Europe with its roots in the Paleolithic. Through the interpretation of images and symbols, she reveals these matriarchal cultures, decoding the symbolic language that has remained embedded in our civilization. Illustrated with nearly 2,000 symbolic artifacts — sculptures, figurines, temple models, frescoes, vases, sacrificial containers — the book establishes the Goddess as the most persistent feature …

This is from a collection of essays and lectures given by the Eranos scholars on aspects of religion, mythology, and psychology. Since 1933, the Eranos Conferences have been held at Ascona in southern Switzerland. Distinguished scholars from Europe, Asia, and America have been invited to a shared feast (eranos) and have lectured on themes chosen by the Director of Eranos, the late Olga Froebe-Kapteyn. The lectures originally appeared in the Eranos-Jahrbucher (Zurich) and selections translated into English have been published in Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, of which this is the third volume. The volume is edited by Joseph Campbell …

Since 1933, the Eranos Conferences have been held at Ascona in southern Switzerland. Distinguished scholars from Europe, Asia, and America have been invited to a shared feast (eranos) and have lectured on themes chosen by the Director of Eranos, the late Olga Froebe-Kapteyn. The lectures originally appeared in the Eranos-Jahrbucher (Zurich), and selections translated into English have been published in Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, of which this is the first volume. The volume was translated by Ralph Manheim, except for the papers by C.G. Jung, which were translated by R.F.C. Hull. The editor is Joseph Campbell. Essays by Ernst …

Masks have always been more than simple disguise. They are a part of the alchemy that turns the secular world into the sacred, the mundane into the magical. In festivals and holidays around the world, they elevate humans into the realm of the gods, or, at Halloween, they transform children into demons or witches. From ancient rituals to costume parties, masks exude a power that is magical and evocative. Masquerade is a gallery of sixty-four original masks created by eminent contemporary artists at the request of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Included here are masks by such noted …

The autobiography of Khyongla Rato is a moving human interest story set in the last few decades of life in Tibet before Communists seized control of the country in 1959. It is the only record in English of daily life in Tibet’s great monastic universities. Readers can experience Tibet’s customs and ceremonies, as well as the emotions and intellectual challenges of the rigourous training required to pass exams in Buddhist sutra and tantra studies. Joseph Campbell, one of Khyongla Rato’s students, wrote the introduction to the book.

In 1973, Two pioneers in their respective fields – Stanley Keleman and Joseph Campbell – began to hold what would be fourteen annual seminars, ceasing only with Campbell’s death, to trade their well-honed thoughts on the subject of mythology and the body. Their talks ranged over a vast number of subjects, but the two friends found themselves returning again and again to ponder the meaning they found in the story that lies at the very heart of Western thought: Parsifal and the quest for the Holy Grail. Whether your interest lies in psychology or mythology – or both – you …

This is an important book on the meaning of goddesses and the feminine in Greece, Rome, and the ancient world. The Swiss thinker J.J. Bachofen is most often connected with his theory of matriarchy, or “mother right,” but that concept is only a small part of his contribution to our understanding of cultural history. A pioneer of the idea of a transcendent mythical content present in all societies, Bachofen was deeply concerned with the inner life and how it is expressed in symbolic terms.

This is an interpretation of Indian culture through mythology and the symbolism in their arts. This book interprets for the Western mind the key motifs of India’s legends, myth, and folklore, taken from the Sanskrit, and illustrated with seventy plates of Indian Art. It is primarily an introduction to image-thinking and picture-reading in Indian art and thought, and it seeks to make the profound Hindu and Buddhist intuitions of the riddles of life and death recognizable not merely as Oriental but as universal elements.

Orpheus leading his beloved Eurydice back to life … Ulysses battling to resist the mesmerising Sirens’ song …The tragedy of the vengeful Medea …The timeless stories of the gods and goddesses of Greece and Rome are charged with passion and romance, magic and murder. Each one is brought to life beautifully in this lavishly illustrated edition of Thomas Bulfinch’s “The Age of Fable” compiled by Bryan Holme. The narrative is clear and captivating, while the illustrations demonstrate the profound effect the myths had on the great artists of the West, via paintings and sculptures by masters from Botticelli to Picasso.

In this volume, five theologians, three psychiatrists, two scholars of Asian civilization, and one comparative mythologist offer essays written independently, yet mysteriously complementary, and arranged by editor Joseph Campbell.

In the tradition of The Power of Myth, a conversation with Joseph Campbell that distills the mature wisdom and eclectic spiritual thinking of the world-renowned scholar and mythologist. Toms, host of the radio series New Dimensions, interviewed Joseph Campbell a number of times over ten years. This book is compiled from transcripts of nine of these interviews. While the content is similar to Campbell and Moyers’s The Power of Myth, Toms takes a more conversational approach than did Moyers, making the text easier for the general reader. As a result, this is a good book to recommend to younger readers …

Contents I. The Mystery of the Serpent, by Hans Leisegang II. Symbolic Representations of the Eucharist, by Julius Baum III. Transformation Symbolism in the Mass, by C. G. Jung IV. The Christian Mystery and the Pagan, by Hugo Rahner.

A comprehensive look at the philosophical systems and complex traditions of India by the influential teacher of Joseph Campbell. Wide-ranging and profound, Zimmer’s famous study remains a modern classic in Asian studies. The volume is divided into four sections: The introduction places the position of the Buddhist Tantras within Mahayana Buddhism and recalls their early literary history, especially the Guhyasamahatantra; the section also covers Buddhist Genesis and the Tantric tradition. The foundations of the Buddhist Tantras are discussed and the Tantric presentation of divinity; the preparation of disciples and the meaning of initiation; symbolism of the mandala-palace Tantric ritual and …

Joseph Campbell edited this collection of Carl Jung’s writings as a primer on the work of Jung. Well represented in lengthy excerpts are Jung’s work on the collective unconscious, the ego, and psychological types, as well as works that one might classify as “occult” or spiritual, such as “Individual Dream Symbolism in Relation to Alchemy” and “On Synchronicity”. In his preface, Campbell states his intention that the reader of “The Portable Jung” will come away with an understanding of analytic philosophy and “a new realization of the relevance of the mythic lore of all peoples to his own psychological OPUS …

This is an edited volume by Cambell of lectures given in the areas of folklore, religion, and mythology. It is one of the Eranos books. Since 1933, the Eranos Conferences have been held at Ascona in southern Switzerland. Distinguished scholars from Europe, Asia, and America have been invited to a shared feast (eranos) and have lectured on themes chosen by the Director of Eranos, the late Olga Froebe-Kapteyn. The lectures originally appeared in the Eranos-Jahrbucher (Zurich), and selections translated into English have been published in Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, of which this is the first volume. The volume was …

This is from a collection of the lectures from the Eranos series on mythology, religion, and psychology. Distinguished scholars from Europe, Asia, and America have been invited to a ‘shared feast’ and have lectured on themes chosen by the Director of Eranos, the late Olga Froebe-Kapteyn. Translated by Ralph Manheim. Essays by Rudolf Bernoulli, Martin Buber, C. M. von Cammerloher, T. W. Danzel, Friedrich Heiler, C. G. Jung, C. Kerenyi, John Layard, Fritz Meier, Max Pulver, Erwin Rousselle, and Heinrich Zimmer. With an introduction by Mircea Eliade.

Tarot Revelations is an analysis of the mysterious philosophy in the ancient cards that became modern playing cards. Citing Dante, C.G.Jung, and early Gnostics and alchemists, Campbell and Roberts reveal a path that has spiritual meaning for everyone. Writing in collaboration with Richard Roberts, Joseph Campbell stated, “We have come to revelations of a grandiose poetic vision of Universal Man that has been for centuries the inspiration of saints and sinners, sages and fools, in kaleidoscopic transformations.” According to Richard Roberts, “In the 22 cards comprising the Major Arcana, we have a genuine document of the soul’s initiation into higher …

This is from a collection of lectures brought together by Campbell by a variety of scholars interested in philosophy, mythology, and depth psychology. Since 1933, the Eranos Conferences have been held in Ascona in Southern Switzerland. Distinguished scholars from Europe, Asia, and America have been invited to a shared feast (eranos) and have lectured on themes chosen by the Director of Eranos, the late Olga Froebe-Kapteyn. The lectures originally appeared in the Eranos-Jahrbucher (Zurich) and selections translated into English have been published in Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, of which this is the second volume. Thirteen scholars – including C.G. …

Since 1933, the Eranos Conferences have been held at Ascona in southern Switzerland. Distinguished scholars from Europe, Asia, and America have been invited to a shared feast (eranos) and have lectured on themes chosen by the Director of Eranos, the late Olga Froebe-Kapteyn. The lectures originally appeared in the [i]Eranos-Jahrbucher[/i] (Zurich), and selections translated into English have been published in Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, of which this is the sixth volume. Essays by Julius Baum, C. G. Jung, C. Kerenyi, Hans Leisegang, Paul Masson-Oursel, Fritz Meier, Jean de Menasce, Georges Nagel, Walter F. Otto, Max Pulver, Hugo Rahner, Paul …

Experience the overflowing bounty of the world’s greatest collection of folk myths and fairy tales “Shehrzad was a priestess of the psyche secure in her science. The wonderful ease with which she gave not the best of her tales the opening night, yet enough to pique the invalid king’s interest, is one of the subtleties of the collection. Her understanding of the paradoxology of fate was transferred to King Shehriyar’s morbid intellect little by little (never more at a time than a self-righteous tyrant could assimilate), until, in the end, what was there left in the world for him to …

This book was a repackaging of the documentary film This Business of the Gods, created out of a series of interviews on the work of Jungian psychiatrist Marie von Franz that Fraser Boa held with Joseph Campbell in the final years of his life. Fraser released the film — now entirely focussed on Campbell himself — without permission and against Campbell’s strenuous objections. After Fraser’s own death, his estate attempted to take advantage of Campbell’s posthumous fame by publishing — again, without permission — the transcripts of the film in book form, first as This Business of the Gods and then as The Way …

This book was a repackaging of the documentary film This Business of the Gods, created out of a series of interviews on the work of Jungian psychiatrist Marie von Franz that Fraser Boa held with Joseph Campbell in the final years of his life. Fraser released the film — now entirely focussed on Campbell himself — without permission and against Campbell’s strenuous objections. After Fraser’s own death, his estate attempted to take advantage of Campbell’s posthumous fame by publishing — again, without permission — the transcripts of the film in book form, first as This Business of the Gods and then as The Way …

Crossing the boundaries of time, religion, and culture, universal myths have provided inspiration and guidance for countless generations- laying a foundation for the religious, social, and political heritage of nations and peoples since the beginning of time. Here is a rich and absorbing survey of the common myths that connect all cultures, Eastern and Western, from antiquity to the present day. With stunning power, the stuff of legend is explored in all its drama and magnificence.There are stories of gods and men – and legendary heroes from Zeus to King Arthur to the “Superman” of modern media; tales of heaven, …

The rare first printing of this inaugural work of the Bollingen series includes portfolio sized (24″ x 18″) reproductions of the sand paintings central to this ceremonial, and a seperate, folio-sized booklet containing the narrative and commentary. This work takes its title from the creation myth of the Navaho people, which they incorporated into their blessing ceremony for tribe members headed to battle. Having observed this rite during World War II, when native Americans were for the first time drafted into the US military, ethnologist Maud Oakes recorded the legend and made reproductions of the beautiful ceremonial sand paintings, given …