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    Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal
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    Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal

    Written by Joseph Campbell

    Narrated by James Anderson Foster

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    Master mythologist Joseph Campbell had a genius for finding the unifying symbols and metaphors in apparently distinct cultures and traditions. In Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal, Campbell explores, with his characteristic clarity and humor, the principle that underlies all the great religions of India and East Asia, from Jainism and Hinduism to Buddhism and Taoism: the transcendent World Soul.

    Joseph Campbell began his comparative study of the world's religions with a chance meeting with the renowned Indian theosophist Jeddu Krishnamurti on a trans-Atlantic steamer. Though Campbell was deeply fascinated by mythologies and religions from every continent, Asia's potent mix of theologies captured his imagination more than any other, and offered him paths to understanding the essence of myth.

    In Myths of Light, Campbell explores the core philosophies and mythologies of the East, comparing them through vivid examples and stories to each other and to those of the West. A worthy companion to Thou Art That and to Campbell's Asian Journals, this volume conveys complex insights through warm, accessible storytelling, revealing the intricacies and secrets of his subject with his typical enthusiasm.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 8, 2018
    ISBN9781543662535
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    Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal
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    Joseph Campbell

    Dr. Joseph Campbell has a doctor of ministry degree in Christian Leadership from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, Missouri. He is the senior pastor of Cross Creek Church in Lebanon, Missouri, and the executive vice president of Intercessory Prayer Ministry International (IPMI). His ministry focuses on equipping, empowering, and releasing people to fulfill their purpose and destiny in God. He and his wife, Caroline, a pediatrician, are the proud parents of two children.

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    • 5/5
      A comparative study of Eastern religions and visions of the eternal. An effortless walk through a synthesis in which everything makes sense and is wonderfully and clearly analyzed and then synthesized again.
    • 5/5
      The most profound and sympathetic treatment of othered cultures I’ve read. Very funny at times. And every sentence is an ocean of meditative material. This is one for the bookshelf to always come back to.