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The Power of Myth

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by Joseph Campbell

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What page is the quote on? People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances with our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.�
Marc Campbell may have said that humans seek meaning, but this is not the point he was getting at. He was answering a question that he was asked quite ofte…m´Ç°ù±ðCampbell may have said that humans seek meaning, but this is not the point he was getting at. He was answering a question that he was asked quite often...what is the meaning of life? His answer is that we create our own meaning in the world. For each person it's different...thus the heroes path.(less)
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Is this book just a transcription of the interviews from the PBS series?
Sunniva & Tommy Vad Funderud Flaaten But slightly edited and cleaned up, I think, as it says in the intro.
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