For the Christian it makes a difference whether the savior did actually live, but not for the Buddhist. The Buddha, whether he is a mythological image or a fact, is a rendition of the mystery...

The exciting prologue to Primitive Mythology The comparative study of the mythologies of the world compels us to view the cultural history of mankind as a unit; for we find that such themes as the fire-theft,...

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...

Our experience of love, as of war, these days, does not include a sense of the mythic dimension. In fact, when comparing the Indian Kṛṣṇa material [from the Gīta Govinda] with the European story of...

A portrait of the mythologist as a young man The opening section of the exciting collection of Joseph Campbell's selected letters, Correspondence: 1927—1987, this fascinating follows the fledgling scholar from his early, exciting days as...