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Dream is personalized myth, myth is depersonalized dream; both myth and dream are symbolic in the same general way of the dynamics of the psyche. But in the dream the forms are quirked by the peculiar troubles of the

Dream is personalized myth, myth is depersonalized dream; both myth and dream are symbolic in the same general way of the dynamics of the psyche. But in the dream the forms are quirked by the peculiar troubles of the dreamer, whereas in myth the problem and solutions shown are directly valid for all mankind.

Joseph Campbell
Dream, Peculiar, Way
"The Hero with a Thousand Faces" by Joseph Campbell, New World Library, (Ch. 1), 1949.

And that Aha! that you get when you see an artwork that really hits you is, 'I am that.' I am the very radiance of energy that is talking to me through this painting.

Joseph Campbell
Talking, Energy, Radiance
Joseph Campbell, Phil Cousineau, Stuart L. Brown (1990). “The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work”, p.38, New World Library

When you look at that nature world it becomes an icon, it becomes a holy picture that speaks of the origins of the world. Almost every mythology sees the origins of life coming out of water. And, curiously, that's true. It's amusing that the origin of life out of water is in myths and then again, finally, in science, we find the same thing. It's exactly so.

Joseph Campbell
Rain, Origin Of Life, Icons
Joseph Campbell, Phil Cousineau, Stuart L. Brown (1990). “The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work”, p.10, New World Library

Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life

Joseph Campbell
Inspiration, Character, Improvement

People who don't have a concept of the whole can do very unfortunate things.

Joseph Campbell
Unfortunate Things, People, Whole

Every myth is psychologically symbolic. Its narratives and images are to be read, therefore, not literally, but as metaphors.

Joseph Campbell
Narrative, Metaphor, Myth
Joseph Campbell (2002). “The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion”, p.28, New World Library

[Comedies], in the ancient world, were regarded as of a higher rank than tragedy, of a deeper truth, of a more difficult realization, of a sounder structure, and of a revelation more complete. The happy ending of the fairy tale, the myth, and the divine comedy of the soul, is to be read, not as a contradiction, but as a transcendence of the universal tragedy of man. ...Tragedy is the shattering of the forms and of our attachment to the forms...

Joseph Campbell
Inspirational, Men, Joy
"The Hero with a Thousand Faces" by Joseph Campbell, New World Library, (Ch. 2), 1949.

The perfect human being is uninteresting.

Joseph Campbell
Perfect, Humans, Human Beings
Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.3, Anchor

Money is congealed energy and releasing it releases life possibilities ... Money experienced as life energy is indeed a meditation, and letting it flow out instead of hoarding it is a mode of participation in the life of others.

Joseph Campbell
Meditation, Energy, Hoarding

I always tell my students, go where your body and soul want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay with it, and don't let anyone throw you off.

Joseph Campbell
Feelings, Students, Consciousness
"The Power of Myth".

Not all who hesitate are lost. The psyche has many secrets in reserve. And these are not disclosed unless required.

Joseph Campbell
Inspirational, Secret, Lost
Joseph Campbell (2008). “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”, p.53, New World Library

Mythology helps you to identify the mysteries of the energies pouring through you. Therein lies your eternity.

Joseph Campbell
Lying, Energy, Pouring

Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.

Joseph Campbell
Inspirational, True Friend, Mind Your Own Business
Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.67, Anchor

Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time.

Joseph Campbell
Inspirational, Nice, Book
Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.122, Anchor

So that's what destiny is: simply the fulfillment of the potentialites of the energies in your own system.

Joseph Campbell
Destiny, Energy, Fulfillment

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.

Joseph Campbell
Birthday, Money, Jobs

Heinrich Zimmerhe had a little saying : The best things cant be told - because they are transcendent, inexpressible truths. The second best are misunderstood : myths, which are metaphoric attempts to point to the way toward the first. And the third best have to do with history, science, biography, and so on. The only kind of talking that can be understood is this last kind.

Joseph Campbell
Talking, Misunderstood, Littles

You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don't know what was in the newspapers that morning a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be.

Joseph Campbell
Morning, Time, Stress
Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.115, Anchor

If you have a sacred place and use it, take advantage of it, something will happen.

Joseph Campbell
Use, Sacred, Advantage

When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is lost. (111)

Joseph Campbell
Inspirational, Spiritual, Possibility

The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment comes the light.

Joseph Campbell
Inspirational, Real, Light
Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.44, Anchor

Hell is life drying up.

Joseph Campbell
Hell
Joseph Campbell (2011). “A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living”, p.10, Joseph Campbell Foundation

When before the beauty of a sunset or a mountain, you pause and exclaim, 'Ah,' you are participating in divinity.

Joseph Campbell
Sunset, Mountain, Divinity
Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.258, Anchor

When we follow our bliss, we are met by a thousand unseen helping hands.

Joseph Campbell
Hands, Unseen, Helping

Without passion, men are not willing to pay any price or bear any burden to set the captives free.

Joseph Campbell
Passion, Men, Risk

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