Joseph Campbell

A hero is not a champion of things become, but of things becoming; the dragon to be slain by him is precisely the monster of the status quo.

Joseph Campbell

A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: The hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.

Joseph Campbell

A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder. Fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won.

Joseph Campbell

A myth doesn’t have to be real to be true.

Joseph Campbell

A myth is something that has never happened, but is happening all the time.

Joseph Campbell

A mythological image that has to be explained to the brain is not working.

Joseph Campbell

A one sentence definition of mythology? Mythology is what we call someone else’s religion.

Joseph Campbell

A sound precipitates air, then fire, then water and earth – and that’s how the world becomes.

Joseph Campbell

A temple is a landscape of the soul.

Joseph Campbell

A woman is a vehicle of life. Life has overtaken her. Woman is what it is all about – the giving of birth and the giving of nourishment.

Joseph Campbell