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by Joseph Campbell


  Fig. 8.4. Paolo and Francesca. England, print, A.D. 1856. Dante and Virgil meet Francesca di Rimini and her lover Paolo Malatesta in Hell. Gustav Doré: "Francesca da Rimini" from Dante Alighieri, Inferno, Canto V, plate 16.

  Fig. 8.5. Parzival and Condwiramurs. United States, print, A.D. 1912. Willy Pogány: "They Clung Together, By One Impulse Sweet United" from T. W. Rolleston, Parsifal, or the Legend of the Holy Grail, Retold from Ancient Sources. New York: T. Y. Crowell and Co., 1912.

  IX - Mythologies of War and Peace

  Fig. 9.1. Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa Ride to Battle. India, paint on canvas., c. A.D. 1820. Mahābharata: Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa (left) face Karna in battle. Photo: TheMandarin via en.wikimedia.org.

  Fig. 9.2. Code Talkers. General Douglas MacArthur and Native American soldiers. South Pacific, A.D. 1943. Photo: US Signal Corps.

  Fig. 9.3. Achilles Brought Back to Troy. Rome, marble, second century A.D. Photo: Marie-Lan Nguyen/Jastrow via en.wikimedia.org.

  Fig. 9.4. Judas' Kiss. Peter (lower left) draws his sword. Italy, paint on wood, fourteenth century A.D. Photo: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke. DVD-ROM, 2003.

  Fig. 9.5. King Vessantara and His Elephant. Wat Suwannaram, Thailand, mural, nineteenth century A.D. Wat Suwannaram, Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Heinrich Damm/Hdamm via en.wikimedia.org. Used under a Creative Commons: Attribution license.

  Fig. 9.6. Kṛṣṇa Reveals His True Form. India, watercolor and gold on paper, eighteenth century A.D.

  Fig. 9.7. The Great Seal of the United States (obverse). United States, created A.D. 1782. Image: Website of the US Senate.

  X - Schizophrenia—The Inward Journey

  Fig. 10.1. The Inward Journey. Holland, paint on wood, c. A.D. 1500. Hieronymus Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights. Detail, "Hell." The Prado, Madrid, Spain. Photo: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke. DVD-ROM, 2003.

  Fig. 10.2. Knud Rasmussen. Canada, c. A.D. 1921.

  Fig. 10.3. Najagneq. Alaska, A.D. 1924.

  Fig. 10.4. Drowning. Peter drowning in the Sea of Galilee. Austria, fresco, A.D. 1925. Herbert Böckl: "Errettung des ertrinkenden Heiligen Petrus aus dem See Genesareth." Maria Saal Cathedral, Maria Saal, Carinthia, Austria. Photo: Zereshk via commons.wikimedia.org. Used under a Creative Commons: Attribution license.

  Fig. 10.5. Instinct. South Padre Islands, Texas. United States, A.D. 2010. The Kemp's Ridley is an extremely endangered species of sea turtle. The US National Park Service every year hatches these turtles and releases them to the sea after incubation to help increase their numbers. Seen here is an annual "Sea Turtle Hatchling Release" event at Padre Island National Seashore. Photo: Zereshk via commons.wikimedia.org. Used under a Creative Commons: Attribution license.

  Fig. 10.6. Daphne and Apollo. Italy, paint on wood, c. A.D. 1470–1480. Antonio del Pollaiuolo. National Gallery, London, England. Photo: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke. DVD-ROM, 2003.

  Fig. 10.7. Prometheus. Holland, oil and canvas, A.D. 1611–1612. Peter Paul Rubens. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, United States. Photo: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke. DVD-ROM, 2003.

  Fig. 10.8. Circe. Circe transforming Odysseus' men into animals. Italy, etching, c. A.D. 1650–1651. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione.

  Fig. 10.9. New Jerusalem. England, pen and watercolor, A.D. 1808. William Blake: detail from The Last Day of Judgment. Photo: Adapted from Edwin John Ellis and Willliam Butler Yeats, editors, The Works of William Blake, Vol. III. (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1893).

  XI - The Moon Walk—The Outward Journey

  Fig. 11.1. Moon Walk. July 20, A.D. 1969. NASA.

  Fig. 11.2. Immanuel Kant.

  Fig. 11.3. Taming the Fire. A Japanese yamabushi tames the fire. Kyoto, Japan. May 21, A.D. 1956. Photograph by Joseph Campbell. Copyright © 2002, 2011, Joseph Campell Foundation.

  Fig. 11.4. Galileo: Phases of the Moon. The phases of the moon as drawn by Galileo. Italy, sixteenth century A.D.

  Fig. 11.5. Alan Watts. A.D 1972. Copyright © 1972, Alan Watts Foundation. Used with permission.

  Fig. 11.6. Expansion of View. Buddhist temple. Hangzhou, Shanghai, China. Photo: Ivan Walsh/ivanwalsh via Flickr.com. Used under a Creative Commons: Attribution license.

  Fig. 11.7. So What? Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI, A.D 1969. Photo: NASA.

  Envoy - No Horizons

  Fig. 12.1. No More Horizons. No more horizons. France, wood engraving, A.D 1888. From Camille Flamarrion, L'atmosphère: météorologie populaire . This woodcut, which has sometimes been mistakenly identified as of medieval origin, was published in a book by author and sometime-engraver Flamarrion, after whom it has been named. He may have been the artist as well.

  Fig. 12.2 Śiva and Gaṇeśa.India, wood carving. Photo: Harminder Deshi Photography/harmid via Flickr.com. Used under a Creative Commons: Attribution license.

  Fig. 12.3. The Doors of Perception. England, print, A.D. 1791–1793. William Blake: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, “A Memorable Fancy,” plate 14. Reproduced from Ellis and Yeats, The Works of William Blake.

  Fig. 12.4. Bacchae Tearing Pentheus. Greek red-figure kalyx, c. 480 B.C. Attributed to Douris: "The Death of Pentheus." Original at Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, United States.

  Fig. 12.5. Earthrise. A.D 1969. Photo: NASA.

  Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright Notice

  About the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell

  Foreword

  Preface

  I—The Impact of Science on Myth

  II—The Emergence of Mankind

  III—The Importance of Rites

  IV—The Separation of East and West

  V—The Confrontation of East and West in Religion

  VI—The Inspiration of Oriental Art

  VII—Zen

  VIII—The Mythology of Love

  IX—Mythologies of War and Peace

  X—Schizophrenia: the Inward Journey

  XI—The Moon Walk: the Outward Journey

  Envoy—No More Horizons

  Acknowledgments

  Editor's Note

  Endnotes

  About Joseph Campbell

  About the Joseph Campbell Foundation

  Illustration List

 

 

 


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