The masks of God: primitive mythology / Joseph Campbell (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The masks of God: primitive mythology / Joseph Campbell Monday, August 3 2009.

• The author of such acclaimed books as Hero With a Thousand Faces and The Power of Myth discusses the primitive roots of mythology, examining them in light of the most recent discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, and psychology.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The masks of God: primitive mythology / Joseph Campbell Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Joseph Campbell: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The masks of God: primitive mythology / Joseph Campbell Thursday, July 16 2009.

• In the earlier volumes of this survey of the historical transformations of those imagined forms that I am calling the "masks" of God, through which men everywhere have sought to relate themselves to the wonder of existence, the myths and rites of the Primitive, Oriental, and Early Occidental worlds could be discussed in terms of grandiose unitary stages.