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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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Details
- 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)
- Subjects
- 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 CampbellCampbell, 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