March 26, 1904

Joseph Campbell (March 26, 1904 to October 30, 1987) , is the American writer and teacher whose books on mythology have inspired generations by his analysis of the commonality of mythic structures in various societies and histories.

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During his lifetime, he wrote more than 40 books including The Hero with a Thousand Faces, The Mythic Image, the four-volume The Masks of God, and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers. During the 1940s and 1950s, he collaborated with Swami Nikhilananda on translations of the Upanishads and The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. He received several awards including National Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Contributions to Creative Literature and the 1985 National Arts Club Gold Medal of Honor in Literature.

We cite this book by Joseph Campbell, below: The Mythic Dimension: Selected Essays 1959-1987 (1997). This is Volume 11 of The Collected works of Joseph Campbell, and was edited by Antony Van Couvering.

This first is an antique Oriental verse Campbell quotes:

There the eye goes not ; 

Speech goes not, nor the mind. 

We know not, we understand not 

How one would teach It.‎

And this also Joseph Campbell chose to quote:

"...[W]e must wash our eyes in darkness and get cat's eyes..."