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Myths of light : Eastern metaphors of the eternal

Title: Myths of light : Eastern metaphors of the eternal / by Joseph Campbell ; edited and with a foreword by David Kudler.
Author: Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987.
Publication: Novato, Calif. : New World Library, c2003.

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Additional Authors

Kudler, David.

Description

xxiii, 166 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Collected works of Joseph Campbell
Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987. Collected works of Joseph Campbell (Series)

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-151) and index.

Contents

Introduction : the humbling of Indra -- The birth of Brahman -- Interpreting oriental myth -- West and East -- I and thou -- The myth of the lights -- The ever-burning sacrifice -- The jiva's journey -- The mystical tradition in India -- Raja yoga-the serpent of the cakras -- Yoga of the body, mind and heart -- The round of sorrow -- Birth and rebirth -- The horror -- The world soul -- My -- Destroyers and creators -- The individual in oriental myth -- The mask and the actor -- Agents of the eternal -- The imagery of rebirth yoga -- The journey to the sun's door -- Hearing the intermediate state : the Tibetan book of the dead -- Creativity in oriental myth -- Avatars of light-Indian art -- Light and dark-East Asian art -- Vessels to the farther shore -- Jainism : the path of withdrawal -- Hinduism--the pursuit and escape of dharma -- Impersonal divinity -- Dharma and sat -- The stages of life -- Buddhism--the flower of the world -- The life of the Buddha -- Ferryboats -- Envoy : the tiger in the depths -- The cry of the Buddha child -- The tigers and the goats.

Call Number

*OAS 04-1623

ISBN

1577314034 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2003003878

OCLC

51842126

Author

Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987.

Title

Myths of light : Eastern metaphors of the eternal / by Joseph Campbell ; edited and with a foreword by David Kudler.

Imprint

Novato, Calif. : New World Library, c2003.

Series

Collected works of Joseph Campbell

Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987. Collected works of Joseph Campbell (Series)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-151) and index.

Added Author

Kudler, David.

Research Call Number

*OAS 04-1623

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