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Legends · 1904–1987

Joseph Campbell

Creativity & FlowSpiritual Growth

Mapped recurring myths across cultures and revealed the hero’s journey as a pattern for transformation in ordinary life.

Joseph Campbell is included in the Legends collection for work associated with Creativity & Flow and Spiritual Growth. This profile offers a starting point for readers who want to place that work within the wider personal-development tradition.

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Legends

movement in the collection

1904–1987

life and work

2

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Ideas associated with the work

  • Explore the work through creativity & flow
  • Explore the work through spiritual growth
“Follow your bliss.”

— Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

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“Follow your bliss.”

— Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

Mapped recurring myths across cultures and revealed the hero’s journey as a pattern for transformation in ordinary life.

  • Creativity & Flow
  • Spiritual Growth

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Explore a short reading list, with purchasing links that support ManyMasters.

01

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

1949 · The monomyth, and the journey every life rhymes with.

02

The Masks of God

1959 · His four-volume survey of world mythology.

03

Myths to Live By

1972 · Lectures on myth as a practical guide.

04

The Power of Myth

1988 · The Bill Moyers conversations that reached millions.

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