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Original Title:	Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
ISBN:	1577312023 (ISBN13: 9781577312024)
Edition Language:	English URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell

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Title	:	Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
Author	:	Joseph Campbell
Book Format	:	cloth
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 192 pages
Published	:	August 31st 2001 by New World Library
Categories	:	Fantasy. Mythology. Nonfiction. Religion. Philosophy. Spirituality. Psychology

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Thou Art That is a compilation of previously uncollected essays and lectures by Joseph Campbell that focus on the Judeo-Christian tradition. Here Campbell explores common religious symbols, reexamining and reinterpreting them in the context of his remarkable knowledge of world mythology. According to Campbell, society often confuses the literal and metaphorical interpretations of religious stories and symbols. In this collection, he eloquently reestablishes these metaphors as a means to enhance spiritual understanding and mystical revelation. With characteristic verve, he ranges from rich storytelling to insightful comparative scholarship. Included is editor Eugene Kennedy’s classic interview with Campbell in The New York Times Magazine, which brought the scholar to the public’s attention for the first time.

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Mythologist Joseph Campbell discusses the aspects of myths throughout the religions of the world, and then focuses on the Biblical myths, contrasting them with their eastern counterparts, and demonstrating that all religions tap into the same patterns of myth. One of the pitfalls of western religion is it's attempt to define (and therefore limit the potential of) God, and define the meanings of ritual and myths. By doing so, the potential spiritual power of individual encounter with myths is

I was reading this book when my father was diagnosed with his lung cancer. Talk about literary serendipities! It's a gentle, Campbellian consideration of cultural assumptions and how they shape our overall thinking. It's a really lovely read.

This is an excellent book and a fast read for anyone wanting to introduce themselves to the work of Joseph Campbell. Though the focus of the book is on the symbology and mythology inherent in the Christian Bible, the text still provides us with a nice sense of the most overarching and central message of Campbell's life's work -- namely, that when viewed correctly through the lens of mythology, all religions of the world point to the same, unending and ever-present mystery of being that is alive

The wise men who bowed down before the baby Jesus as he lay in the mangerthey were Magi. I knew that. What I didnt know is that Magi were the priests of the God Mithras, and for three centuries Mithras was Christianitys main competitor. The wise mens presence at the nativity scene is a symbolic representation of the new religion superseding the old. This is why reading Joseph Campbell is so revelatory. Who better to put religion into context than a comparative mythologist who is himself a

I was very intrigued into the insights of Mr. Campbell from his interview with Bill Moyers, called the "Power of Myth". From that interview it was almost trans formative and transcending to say the least; listening to Mr. Campbell dissect and intertwine religious allegories from all cultures. I almost felt like it was what I needed at the time of my "spiritual sojourn", putting it into perspective. The book is a good read and dives more into topics such as: Notions of God, Understanding Symbols

Reading Joseph Campbell makes me feel what I think others refer to as spiritually healthy. Rather than review it, I'm going to quote a couple of passages that got me on this my second read through of this book. I'm sure last time it was other portions that "got me.""At a certain age, a certain kind of music interests you and captures your imagination, your internal self, and you participate in it. Then that drops off and another order of music comes in. Art is talking to what is possible within

I had high expectations of Joseph Campbell, as the modern man who popularized mythological study. These were mostly met in this book. Although, as a posthumously published collection of previously uncollected writings and oral transcripts, it did lack a certain unity and flow. And though its probably not the finest introduction to his work, I found it was littered with incredible insights, though with a few miles to walk in between. Also, it seems that Campbells mind is typically about five