Goddesses
Mysteries of the Feminine Divine (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
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Braden Wright
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Joseph Campbell brought mythology to a mass audience. His bestselling books, including The Power of Myth and The Hero with a Thousand Faces, are the rare blockbusters that are also scholarly classics.
While Campbell’s work reached wide and deep as he covered the world’s great mythological traditions, he never wrote a book on goddesses in world mythology. He did, however, have much to say on the subject. Between 1972 and 1986 he gave over twenty lectures and workshops on goddesses, exploring the figures, functions, symbols, and themes of the feminine divine, following them through their transformations across cultures and epochs.
In this provocative volume, editor Safron Rossi - a goddess studies scholar, professor of mythology, and curator of collections at Opus Archives, which holds the Joseph Campbell archival manuscript collection and personal library - collects these lectures for the first time. In them, Campbell traces the evolution of the feminine divine from one Great Goddess to many, from Neolithic Old Europe to the Renaissance. He sheds new light on classical motifs and reveals how the feminine divine symbolizes the archetypal energies of transformation, initiation, and inspiration.
©2013 Joseph Campbell Foundation (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.What listeners say about Goddesses
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- 04-01-2021
Incidental
Joseph Campbell’s knowledge is absolutely fascinating and his passion equally so. The narrator does an excellent job in bringing that across.
Having said that, JC never lectured on goddesses specifically. This is really just a collection of times he did mention them, incidentally. That was disappointing.
There is no depth into goddesses specifically with a clear focus on them through time.
There is however a whirlwind tour through the history of mythology with a focus on mainly male gods. At times this got a bit overwhelming and confusing to follow. The lack of Audible chapters names or a PDF chapter list did not help. I had to buy the kindle version additionally (there was no kindle-audio deal) to make sense of what was happening. Not very impressed here.
Towards the end of this book there is brief focus on females but hardly what I expected or hoped for.
I feel to get the most out of JC it may be a good idea to start with understanding mythology and then branch out from there for a more holistic and deeper experience.
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