Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.Joseph Campbell
“When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.”
“When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.”
— JOSEPH CAMPBELL
Mythologist and author · 1904 – 1987
Joseph Campbell was an American mythologist and professor whose 'The Hero with a Thousand Faces' (1949) described the hero's journey pattern found in myths worldwide. His televised conversations with Bill Moyers, 'The Power of Myth' (1988), brought his ideas to a wide audience.
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