{"product_id":"9780140194616","title":"Myths to Live By","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Myths, according to Freud's view, are of the psychological order of dream. Myths, so to say, are public dreams; dreams are private myths. \"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There is no one quite like Joseph Campbell. He knows the vast sweep of man's panoramic past as few men have evern known it.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is a properly functioning mythology and what are its functions? Can we use myths to help relieve our modern anxiety, or do they help foster it? In \u003ci\u003eMyths to Live\u003c\/i\u003e by, Joseph Campbell explores the enduring power of the universal myths that influence our lives daily and examines the myth-making process from the primitive past to the immediate present, retuning always to the source from which all mythology springs: the creative imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCampbell stresses that the borders dividing the Earth have been shattered; that myths and religions have always followed the certain basic archetypes and are no longer exclusive to a single people, region, or religion. He shows how we must recognize their common denominators and allow this knowledge to be of use in fulfilling human potential everywhere.","brand":"Joseph Campbell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":45893930778836,"sku":"9780140194616","price":27.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_7fd3f6c6-e23f-447d-b4c7-0513df2c2fc5.jpg?v=1732361553","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780140194616","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}