Myths are public dreams; dreams are private myths. By finding your own dream and following it through, it will lead you to the myth-world in which you live. But just as in dream, the subject and object, though they seem to be separate, are really the same. ~Joseph Campbell In this lecture I.1.5- The Vitality of Myth, Joseph Campbell explores the significance of dreams and their relationship to myths, how certain Western beliefs have translated myths into “waking consciousness” symbols, and why E

Joseph Campbell explores the idea of consciousness in the Perennial Philosophy dominant in Asia. For more on Campbell's thoughts on Hindu, Buddhist and other Asian ideas of consciousness, read The Masks of God, vol. II: Oriental Mythology and Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal. | Joseph Campbell

23K views · 785 reactions | In the second episode of Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers, "The Message of the Myth", Moyers and Campbell compare creation myths from the Bible and elsewhere, and talk about how religions and mythologies need to change with time in order to maintain their relevance in peoples’ lives. In this clip from Episode 2, Joe discusses the "Four Functions" of mythology. | Joseph Campbell | Facebook