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    Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation
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    Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation
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    Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation

    Written by Joseph Campbell and David Kudler

    Narrated by Fred Stella

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    About this audiobook

    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 ability to apply the larger themes of world mythology to personal growth and the quest for transformation. Here he anchors mythology's symbolic wisdom to the individual, applying the most poetic mythical metaphors to the challenges of our daily lives.

    Campbell dwells on life's important questions. Combining cross-cultural stories with the teachings of modern psychology, he examines the ways in which our myths shape and enrich our lives and shows how myth can help each of us truly identify and follow our bliss.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJul 10, 2018
    ISBN9781543662658
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    Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation
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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
      Hate the title; love the book.
    • 5/5
      This was a very insightful and full of inspiration book about the myths, stories, gods and goddesses that are governing our lives.
    • 5/5
      Possibly one of the most important and helpful books I've ever read. Reading through a second time and finding even more gold. Highly recommend if you are interested in Campbell's ideas on myth and meaning.
    • 5/5
      This book is classic Campbell, and more approachable than his officially authored books. “Pathways” is part of The Joseph Campbell Collection, a series of books edited together from various lectures, manuscripts, and articles over the course of two decades. It carries the engaging tones and rhythms of his lectures and is a fun and easy read.I first picked up this book in hopes of finding a guide to practical guide to applying Campbell’s ideas. While the book offers very little of this, there are one or two short sections which offer a taste of just that. That, in addition to the insight that Campbell offers to understanding psychology, society, and the symbols of the soul, makes this and incredibly satisfying read.