Editing Joseph Campbell (section)

==Works==
===Early collaborations===
{{Main|A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake}}
The first published work that bore Campbell's name was ''Where the Two Came to Their Father'' (1943),<ref>{{Cite web |title=archives.nypl.org -- Joseph Campbell papers |url=https://archives.nypl.org/mss/23930#:~:text=He%20is%20best%20known%20for,is%20shared%20across%20world%20mythologies. |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=archives.nypl.org}}</ref> an account of a [[Navajo people|Navajo]] ceremony that was performed by singer ([[medicine man]]) [[Jeff King (Navajo)|Jeff King]] and recorded by artist and [[ethnologist]] [[Maud Oakes]], recounting the story of two young heroes who go to the [[hogan]] of their father, the Sun, and return with the power to destroy the monsters that are plaguing their people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Where the Two Came to Their Father |url=https://www.ursinus.edu/live/profiles/7121-where-the-two-came-to-their-father |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=www.ursinus.edu |language=en}}</ref> Campbell provided a commentary. He would use this tale through the rest of his career to illustrate both the universal symbols and structures of human myths and the particulars ("folk ideas") of [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] stories.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jonaitis |first=Aldona |date=nd |title=Review of Where theTwo Came to Their Father |url=https://escholarship.org/content/qt59g3292b/qt59g3292b_noSplash_a816efa44f22c4b278ca3dc7d9248f54.pdf?t=rzjlc7 |access-date=March 4, 2025 |website=escholarship.org}}</ref>

As noted above, [[James Joyce]] was an important influence on Campbell. Campbell's first important book (with [[Henry Morton Robinson]]), ''[[A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake]]'' (1944), is a critical analysis of Joyce's final text ''[[Finnegans Wake]]''. In addition, Campbell's seminal work, ''The Hero with a Thousand Faces'' (1949), discusses what Campbell called the ''monomyth''&nbsp;– the cycle of the journey of the [[hero]]&nbsp;– a term that he borrowed directly from Joyce's ''[[Finnegans Wake]]''.{{sfn|Campbell|1949|loc=p.&nbsp;30, n.&nbsp;35}}

===''The Hero with a Thousand Faces''===
{{Main|The Hero with a Thousand Faces}}
From his days in college through the 1940s, Joseph Campbell turned his hand to writing fiction.<ref>Larsen and Larsen, op. cit., pp. 96–211, passim.</ref> In many of his later stories (published in the posthumous collection ''Mythic Imagination'') he began to explore the mythological themes that he was discussing in his Sarah Lawrence classes. These ideas turned him eventually from fiction to non-fiction.

Originally titled ''How to Read a Myth'', and based on the introductory class on mythology that he had been teaching at [[Sarah Lawrence College]], ''The Hero with a Thousand Faces'' was published in 1949 as Campbell's first foray as a solo author; it established his name outside of scholarly circles and remains, arguably, his most influential work to this day. The book argues that [[hero]] stories such as [[Krishna]], [[Buddha]], [[Apollonius of Tyana]], and Jesus all share a similar mythological basis.{{sfn|Bennett|2001|p=206}} Not only did it introduce the concept of the hero's journey to popular thinking, but it also began to popularize the very idea of [[comparative mythology]] itself{{snd}}the study of the human impulse to create stories and images that, though they are clothed in the [[motif (narrative)|motif]]s of a particular time and place, draw nonetheless on universal, eternal [[theme (literature)|theme]]s. Campbell asserted:

<blockquote>Wherever the poetry of myth is interpreted as biography, history, or science, it is killed. The living images become only remote facts of a distant time or sky. Furthermore, it is never difficult to demonstrate that as science and history, mythology is absurd. When a civilization begins to reinterpret its mythology in this way, the life goes out of it, temples become museums, and the link between the two perspectives becomes dissolved.{{sfn|Campbell|1993|p=249}}</blockquote>

===''The Masks of God''===
Published between 1959 and 1968, Campbell's four-volume work ''The Masks of God'' covers mythology from around the world, from ancient to modern. Where ''[[The Hero with a Thousand Faces]]'' focused on the commonality of mythology (the "elementary ideas"), the '' Masks of God'' books focus upon historical and cultural variations the monomyth takes on (the "folk ideas"). In other words, where ''The Hero with a Thousand Faces'' draws perhaps more from psychology, the '' Masks of God'' books draw more from anthropology and history. The four volumes of ''Masks of God'' are as follows: ''Primitive Mythology'', ''Oriental Mythology'', ''Occidental Mythology'', and ''[[Creative Mythology]]''.

===''Historical Atlas of World Mythology''===
{{Main|Historical Atlas of World Mythology}}
At the time of his death, Campbell was in the midst of working on a large-format, lavishly illustrated series titled ''Historical Atlas of World Mythology''. This series was to build on Campbell's idea, first presented in ''The Hero with a Thousand Faces'', that myth evolves over time through four stages:

* ''The Way of the Animal Powers''{{snd}}the myths of [[Paleolithic]] hunter-gatherers which focus on shamanism and animal totems.
* ''The Way of the Seeded Earth''{{snd}}the myths of [[Neolithic]], agrarian cultures which focus upon a mother goddess and associated fertility rites.
* ''The Way of the Celestial Lights''{{snd}}the myths of [[Bronze Age]] city-states with pantheons of gods ruling from the heavens, led by a masculine god-king.
* ''The Way of Man''{{snd}}religion and philosophy as it developed after the [[Axial Age]] (c. 6th century BCE), in which the mythic imagery of previous eras was made consciously metaphorical, reinterpreted as referring to psycho-spiritual, not literal-historical, matters. This transition is evident in the East in [[Buddhism]], [[Vedanta]], and philosophical [[Taoism]]; and in the West in the [[Mystery cult]]s, [[Platonism]], Christianity and [[Gnosticism]].

Only the first volume was completed at the time of Campbell's death. Campbell's editor Robert Walter completed the publication of the first three of five parts of the second volume after Campbell's death. The works are now out of print. {{as of|2014}}, Joseph Campbell Foundation is currently undertaking to create a new, ebook edition.<ref>[http://jcf.org/atlas Historical Atlas of World Mythology, Digital Edition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423145207/http://jcf.org/atlas/ |date=April 23, 2016 }}, as viewed on Joseph Campbell Foundation website, July 9, 2014.</ref>

===''The Power of Myth''===
{{Main|The Power of Myth}}
Campbell's widest popular recognition followed his collaboration with [[Bill Moyers]] on the [[PBS]] series ''[[The Power of Myth]]'', which was first broadcast in 1988, the year following Campbell's death. The series discusses mythological, religious, and psychological archetypes. A book, ''The Power of Myth'', containing expanded transcripts of their conversations, was released shortly after the original broadcast.

===''Collected Works''===
The ''Collected Works of Joseph Campbell'' series is a project initiated by the [[Joseph Campbell Foundation]] to release new, authoritative editions of Campbell's published and unpublished writing, as well as audio and video recordings of his lectures.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 7, 2001 |title=Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor (Spirituality) |newspaper=National Catholic Register}}</ref> Working with [[New World Library]] and [[Acorn Media UK]], as well as publishing audio recordings and [[ebook]]s under its own banner, {{as of|2014|lc=y}} the project has produced over seventy-five titles. The series's executive editor is [[Robert Walter (editor)|Robert Walter]], and the managing editor is [[David Kudler]].

===Other books===
*''Where the Two Came to Their Father: A Navaho War Ceremonial'' (1943). With [[Jeff King (Navajo)|Jeff King]] and [[Maud Oakes]], Old Dominion Foundation
*''[[The Flight of the Wild Gander]]: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension'' (1968). Viking Press
*''[[Myths to Live By]]'' (1972). Viking Press
*''Erotic irony and mythic forms in the art of Thomas Mann'' (1973; monograph, later included in ''The Mythic Dimension'')
*''The Mythic Image''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pDaGaYqcL8EC|title=The Mythic Image|first1=Joseph|last1=Campbell|first2=M. J.|last2=Abadie|year=1981|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0-691-01839-3}}</ref> (1974). Princeton University Press
*''[[The Inner Reaches of Outer Space]]: Metaphor As Myth and As Religion'' (1986). Alfred van der Marck Editions
*''Transformations of Myth Through Time'' (1990). Harper and Row
*''A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living'' (1991). Editor [[Robert Walter (editor)|Robert Walter]], from material by Diane K. Osbon
*''Mythic Worlds, Modern Words: On the Art of James Joyce''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y9lxoWD9yHMC|title=Mythic Worlds, Modern Words: On the Art of James Joyce|first1=Joseph|last1=Campbell|first2=Edmund L.|last2=Epstein|first3=Joseph Campbell|last3=Foundation|year=2003|publisher=New World Library|isbn=978-1-57731-406-6}}</ref> (1993). Editor Edmund L. Epstein
*''The Mythic Dimension: Selected Essays (1959–1987)''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lsP2e55GfiIC|title=The Mythic Dimension: Selected Essays 1959–1987|first=Joseph|last=Campbell|year=2007|publisher=New World Library|isbn=978-1-57731-594-0}}</ref> (1993). Editor Anthony Van Couvering
*''Baksheesh & Brahman: Indian Journals (1954–1955)''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VySPqLx1DucC|title=Baksheesh & Brahman: Asian Journals, India|first1=Joseph|last1=Campbell|first2=Robin|last2=Larsen|first3=Stephen|last3=Larsen|first4=Antony Van|last4=Couvering|year=2002|publisher=New World Library|isbn=978-1-57731-237-6}}</ref> (1995). Editors Robin/[[Stephen Larsen]] & Anthony Van Couvering
*''[[Thou Art That (book)|Thou Art That]]: Transforming Religious Metaphor'' (2001). Editor [[Eugene Kennedy]], New World Library {{ISBN|1-57731-202-3}}. First volume in the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell
*''The Inner Reaches of Outer Space''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c4e81Qa0rQ4C|title=The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion|first=Joseph|last=Campbell|year= 2017|publisher=New World Library|isbn=978-1-57731-209-3}}</ref> (2002)
*''Sake & Satori: Asian Journals – Japan''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W96ISnYufBcC|title=Sake & Satori: Asian Journals, Japan|first1=Joseph|last1=Campbell|first2=David|last2=Kudler|year=2002|publisher=New World Library|isbn=978-1-57731-236-9}}</ref> (2002). Editor [[David Kudler]]
*''Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OWdqt29UDGYC|title=Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal|first1=Joseph|last1=Campbell|first2=David|last2=Kudler|year=2003|publisher=New World Library|isbn=978-1-57731-403-5}}</ref> (2003). Editor David Kudler
*''Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B1n-aCk6UOsC|title=Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation|first1=Joseph|last1=Campbell|first2=David|last2=Kudler|year= 2004|publisher=New World Library|isbn=978-1-57731-471-4}}</ref> (2004). Editor David Kudler
*''Mythic Imagination: Collected Short Fiction of Joseph Campbell'' {{ISBN|160868153X}} (2012)
*''Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine'' {{ISBN|1608681823}} (2013). Editor Safron Rossi
*''Romance of the Grail: The Magic and Mystery of Arthurian Myth''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M94FrgEACAAJ|title=Romance of the Grail: The Magic and Mystery of Arthurian Myth|first=Joseph|last=Campbell|year=2015|publisher=New World Library|isbn=978-1-60868-324-6}}</ref> (2015). Editor Evans Lansing Smith
*''The Ecstasy of Being: Mythology and Dance''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b7HmnAAACAAJ|title=The Ecstasy of Being: Mythology and Dance |first=Joseph|last=Campbell|year=2017|publisher=New World Library|isbn=978-1-60868-366-6}}</ref> (2017). Editor Nancy Allison
* ''Correspondence 1927–1987''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wrWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 |title= Correspondence 1927–1987 |first=Joseph|last=Campbell|date=2019|publisher=New World Library|isbn=978-1-60868-325-3}}</ref> (2019, 2020). Editors Dennis Patrick Slattery & Evans Lansing Smith

===Interview books===
*''[[The Power of Myth]]'' (1988). with [[Bill Moyers]] and editor [[Betty Sue Flowers]], Doubleday, hardcover: {{ISBN|0-385-24773-7}}
*''An Open Life: Joseph Campbell in Conversation with Michael Toms'' (1989). Editors John Maher and Dennie Briggs, foreword by Jean Erdman Campbell. Larson Publications, Harper Perennial 1990 paperback: {{ISBN|0-06-097295-5}}
*''This business of the gods: Interview with Fraser Boa'' (Unlicensed – 1989)
*''[[The Hero's Journey (book)|The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work]]'' (1990). Editor [[Phil Cousineau]]. Harper & Row 1991 paperback: {{ISBN|0-06-250171-2}}. Element Books 1999 hardcover: {{ISBN|1-86204-598-4}}. New World Library centennial edition with introduction by Phil Cousineau, foreword by executive editor Stuart L. Brown: {{ISBN|1-57731-404-2}}
* ''Myth and Meaning: Conversations on Mythology and Life'' (2023). Hardcover, New World Library, {{ISBN|978-1-60868-851-7}}

===Audio recordings===
*''Mythology and the Individual''
*''The Power of Myth'' (with Bill Moyers)  (1987)
*''Transformation of Myth through Time'' Volume 1–3 (1989)
*''The Hero with a Thousand Faces: The Cosmogonic Cycle'' (read by Ralph Blum; 1990)
*''The Way of Art'' (1990–unlicensed)
*''The Lost Teachings of Joseph Campbell'' Volume 1–9 (with Michael Toms; 1993)
*''On the Wings of Art: Joseph Campbell; Joseph Campbell on the Art of James Joyce''  (1995)
*''The Wisdom of Joseph Campbell'' (with Michael Toms; 1991)
* ''Audio Lecture Series'':
** ''Series I – lectures up to 1970''
*** ''Volume 1: Mythology and the Individual''
*** ''Volume 2: Inward Journey: East and West''
*** ''Volume 3: The Eastern Way''
*** ''Volume 4: Man and Myth''
*** ''Volume 5: Myths and Masks of God''
*** ''Volume 6: The Western Quest''
** ''Series II – lectures from 1970 to 1978''
*** ''Volume 1: A Brief History of World Mythology''
*** ''Volume 2: Mythological Perspectives''
*** ''Volume 3: Christian Symbols and Ideas''
*** ''Volume 4: Psychology and Asia Philosophies''
*** ''Volume 5: Your Myth Today''
*** ''Volume 6: Mythic Ideas and Modern Culture''
** ''Series III – lectures from 1983 to 1986''
*** ''Volume 1: The Mythic Novels of James Joyce''
*''Myth and Metaphor in Society''  (with Jamake Highwater) (abridged; 2002)

===Video recordings===
*''[[The Hero's Journey (film)|The Hero's Journey: A Biographical Portrait]]''{{snd}}This film, made shortly before his death in 1987, follows Campbell's personal quest{{snd}}a pathless journey of questioning, discovery, and ultimately of joy in a life to which he said, "Yes."
*''Sukhavati: A Mythic Journey''{{snd}}This film is a personal, transcendent, and perhaps spiritual portrait of Campbell.
*''[[Mythos (film)|Mythos]]''{{snd}}This series comprises talks that Campbell himself believed summed up his views on "the one great story of mankind." It is essentially a repackaging of the lectures featured in ''Transformations of Myth Through Time''.
*''Psyche & Symbol'' (12-part telecourse, Bay Area Open College, 1976){{efn|Never released.}}
*''Transformations of Myth Through Time'' (1989)
*''[[The Power of Myth|Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth]]'' (1988)
*''Myth and Metaphor in Society'' (with Jamake Highwater; 1993)

===TV appearances===
*''[[Bill Moyers Journal]]'': Joseph Campbell – Myths to Live By (Part One), April 17, 1981<ref>
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*''Bill Moyers Journal'': Joseph Campbell – Myths to Live By (Part Two), April 24, 1981<ref>
{{cite web 
| title = Bill Moyers Journal: Joseph Campbell – Myths to Live By (Part Two)
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| url = http://billmoyers.com/content/joseph-campbell-myths-live-part-two/ 
| access-date = February 6, 2017 
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===Edited books===
*[[Mahendranath Gupta|Gupta, Mahendranath]]. ''[[The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna]]'' (1942) (translation from [[Bengali language|Bengali]] by [[Nikhilananda|Swami Nikhilananda]]; Joseph Campbell and [[Margaret Woodrow Wilson]], with translation assistants; foreword by [[Aldous Huxley]])
*''Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization''. [[Heinrich Zimmer]] (1946)
*''The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil''. Heinrich Zimmer  (1948)
*''Philosophies of India''. Heinrich Zimmer (1951)
*''The Portable Arabian Nights'' (1951)
*''The Art of Indian Asia''. Heinrich Zimmer  (1955)
*''Man and Time: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks''. Various authors (1954–1969)
*''Man and Transformation: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks''. Various authors (1954–1969)
*''The Mysteries: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks''. Various authors (1954–1969)
*''The Mystic Vision: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks''. Various authors (1954–1969)
*''Spirit and Nature: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks''. Various authors (1954–1969)
*''Spiritual Disciplines: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks''. Various authors (1954–1969)
*''Myths, Dreams, Religion''. Various authors  (1970)
*''The Portable Jung''. [[Carl Jung]] (1971)