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The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion by Joseph Campbell

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The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion by Joseph Campbell

The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion by Joseph Campbell
English | Jan 2002 | ISBN: 1577312090, 1608681106 | 176 Pages | PDF | 8,4 MB

Developed from a memorable series of lectures delivered in San Francisco, which included a legendary symposium at the Palace of Fine Arts with astronaut Rusty Schweickart, Joseph Campbell’s last book explores the space age. Campbell posits that the newly discovered laws of outer space are actually at work within human beings as well and that a new mythology is implicit in this realization. He examines the new mythology and other questions in these essays which he described as "a broadly shared spiritual adventure."

Reviews:

“In a time of felt mythlessness, when the culture suffers a crunching literalism in politics, in religion, and in everyday human relationships, Campbell’s little book on the metaphoric and mythic quality of life functions as a grand net of gems.” — David L. Miller, Watson-Ledden professor of religions, Syracuse University

“Campbell, who is known for speaking his mind, pulls no punches here. This book, more than any other, unambiguously delineates his basic understanding of mythology and religion….Inveterate underliners will be tempted to highlight things on virtually every page.” — Parabola

“The wealth and breadth of reference in this small book is truly prodigious…as Campbell now soars like an eagle to a generalization about The Big Bang, now dives like a hawk to a precise description of the color and number of lotus petals in each of the seven centers of the chakra system, rendering both lucid in a single universe of discourse.” — Newsday