There’s A Hero In All Of Us
American philosopher, Joseph Campbell, has given us the best guide for living life to our utmost potential
I discovered Joe Campbell late in my life, and I so wish I knew his philosophy in my younger years.
When he died in 1987 at the age of 83, Joseph Campbell was considered one of the world’s foremost authorities on mythology, the stories and legends told by human beings through the ages to explain the universe and their place in it.
The 20 books he wrote or edited have influenced artists and performers, as well as scholars and students. When he died, he was working on a monumental Historical Atlas of World Mythology, his effort to bring under one roof the spiritual and intellectual wisdom of a lifetime.
Mythology was to him the song of the universe, music so deeply embedded in the collective subconscious that we dance to it, even when we can’t name the tune.
Over the last two summers of his life, Bill Moyers taped interviews in California, at Skywalker Ranch, the home of his friend, George Lucas, whose movie trilogy Star Wars had been influenced by Campbell’s work.
Joe Campbell:
