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The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Princeton University Press, 1968 second edition)

Joseph Campbell · c. 1949–1968

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  1. A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.
  2. It would not be too much to say that myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human cultural manifestation.
  3. The agony of breaking through personal limitations is the agony of spiritual growth.

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