Transformations of myth through time /
Joseph Campbell.
- 1st ed.
- 263 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
1. In the beginning : origins of man and myth -- 2. Where people lived legends : American Indian myths -- 3. And we washed our weapons in the sea : gods and goddesses of the neolithic period -- 4. Pharaoh's rule : Egypt, the exodus, and the myth of Osiris -- 5. The sacred source : the perennial philosophy of the East -- 6. The way to enlightenment : Buddhism -- 7. From id to ego in the Orient : Kundalini yoga, part I -- 8. From psychology to spirituality : Kundalini yoga, part II -- 9. The descent to heaven : the Tibetan book of the dead -- 10. From darkness to light : the mystery religions of ancient Greece -- 11. Where there was no path : Arthurian legends and the Western way -- 12. A noble heart : the courtly love of Tristan and Isolde -- 13. In search of the Holy Grail : the Parzival legend.
A collection of thirteen lectures, all given near the end of Joseph Campbell's life, that examine the great sweep of mythological development around the world and across the ages.