Joseph Campbell
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell compares myths from many cultures to ask whether heroic stories share a recurring pattern of departure, transformation, and return. He reads that pattern as a symbolic map of psychological change, spiritual insight, social renewal, and the modern search for a living mythology.
10 chapters
The Power of Myth
The Power of Myth asks what myths do when inherited religions and rituals no longer organize modern life. Through creation stories, rites, heroes, love, the Goddess, the Grail, and images of eternity, it shows how metaphor connects personal change with nature, society, and mystery—and can guide a more conscious participation in life.
8 chapters