Brainy Quote ‘We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us’ ~ Joseph Campbell 004

Joseph Campbell Biography.com

Academic, Academic, Anthropologist, Journalist (1904–1987)

Joseph Campbell was a professor and author who focused on comparative folklore with books like The Power of Myth and The Hero With a Thousand Faces.

QUOTES: “Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truth—penultimate because the ultimate cannot be put into words.” —Joseph Campbell

Synopsis

Joseph Campbell, born on March 26, 1904, in New York City, studied Native American folklore as a child and went on to become a Sarah Lawrence professor. He was a renowned presenter of unifying concepts in comparative mythology with books like The Hero With a Thousand Faces, The Power of Myth and The Masks of God. He died in Honolulu, Hawaii, on October 30, 1987, with a PBS interview series released in 1988.

Adopted from: http://www.biography.com/people/joseph-campbell-9236309

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