Joseph Campbell--The Birth of Mathematical Mythologies

[melisse1123]

Everyone else seems to be dead haha and even now Joseph Campbell is too! :(( But you can learn about him from the documentary "Finding Joe" and how he has inspired a bunch of successful people. bitly .com/syDsZQ

[mrpossibilities]

I'm just discovering this guy today and I'm inevitably reminded of when I discovered Richard Feynman on this very same computer at this very same house (my father's house), and it was "love at first sight" with such intelligence and calm eloquence.

[TheNoGoodnick]

Commenting on Finding Joe: The documentary was great in the way that every person in it talked a little about their own hero's journey. bitly .com/syDsZQ

[TaylorReynolds221]

Joseph Campbell is a genius, not only that but he is also an inspiration. I owe him a lot for giving me the strength and wisdom to search for my own happiness. I saw the movie Finding Joe recently. It is a beautiful documentary about Joe's teaching. findingjoethemoviedotcom/

[djdluck]

WWJD - What would Joseph do?? :-)

[steve200961]

This is where it all went wrong, back to the exceptional!

[bryncomeaux]

this guy was definatly on to something. Didnt george lucas use his stuff in star wars? Use the force luke!

[Kurtlane]

Actually, I think it's more of the logic and mystery of numbers themselves, and also of geometry (Western Ancients were very big on geometry and not as big on algebra, in India it was the other way around) that developed mathematical mythologies.

Pure math has such has this amazing power to pull one into itself.

Take number 7. The Bible is quite clear that 7 is a sacralized exception number: God created the world in 6 days and rested on the 7th, etc.

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[Kurtlane]

This all comes from Babylon, and might in turn come from Sumer and Akkad.

But what's so exceptional about 7?

Babylonians counted in a a base 12 system (today we count in base 10), Why 12? Because 12 is divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6, and therefore division is relatively easy there. But Babylonians went further, and could count in closely related base 60 system (60=12*5), thus absorbing 5 into the multiples of their counting base.

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[Kurtlane]

But this is stull a cutural thing, Babylonians could've chosen to count in base 420 (420=60*7), which would include 7 into the base.

Yet there is another thing about 7, which makes it unique: a 7-sided regular polygon is the first one that cannot be built using a straight edge and a compass.

Did Babylonians know this? Yes they did.

This is not numerology, This is real solid math.

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[Kurtlane]

As for planets, their exact movements were very hard to understand. They moved forward, then turned back, then moved forward again. It took Kepler in 17th century to figure it out. Except for Mercury. That planet had to wait for Einstein's general relativity.

It is acfually very surprising that for milllennia people believed in universal order in the "heavens" and kept trying to figure it out without really good evidence that the order was there.

[cirosuperiore]

why does JC always sounds like he's pissed off. he acts like an old queen.

[DoloresKostic]

My boyfriend met me with mr. Campbell's literature and videos and the only thing I can say is-highly recommended! Anybody who loves mythology or wants to get know better with everyday subjects he's the one who you should turn to. Many wise things you can learn and understand how to interprate from him, like I did.

[billyjo1881]

Joe Campbell's calm wise presence contributed to so many of us. He along with Ken Wiber and Werner Erhard are men on the cutting edge of great thinkers.

[dimitraeus202]

I think the reason he appears so sane is that he is one of the few people who has such a calm exterior but is interested in such amazing things.

A lot of people who are into things as far out as he is just go a bit crazy. He has the ability to wrap such interesting and esoteric things into a very calm exterior. I guess just another example of him mixing (mastering) the two worlds, ie the pair of opposites.

[athanassiost]

@dimitraeus202 I agree with you and I would like you to check Mr. Buckminster Fuller as well if you haven't allready.

[fntime]

@dimitraeus202 Campbell is a 'generalist' who is comfortable with literature

through quantum physics. He sees the 'big picture' that is often overlooked

by specialist in every field. Their are repeated patterns that the 'generalist'

sees.

[TempusTransit]

Why is Joseph Campbell the only sane authority on matters of truth who doesn't seem to be working for the mob? Is everyone else dead?

[CandyLeeLong]

@TempusTransit

JC died in the early 1980's, So he is dead too unfortunately.

May i suggest Ken WIlber. He is pretty great as well. Trust me He is and JC have been my 2 biggest influences.

Look up: Ken WIlber, A Good Map

that is a good intro video

then see what you can learn about "integral theory and spiral dynamics". Trust me you won't be disappointed. It is a good way of even putting much of what JC was saying in context. Lots of good clarifications are still to be made.

peace and love

[Orsidire]

@CandyLeeLong: 1987 to be exact.

[TheJcrane92]

@TempusTransit Correction, Campbell's dead too. :(

[braeun6]

@TempusTransit I think his calm, sane, and humble demeanor come from the fact that he is not ego-identified with his work. He is not fancying himself a prophet or sage or some larger than life bearer of truth. That seems to be the trap of many a 'new age' preacher. They let there ego become so wrapped up in the message that they are trying to deliver that however wholesome that message or insight may be, it appears over wrought and contrived.

[Goosemeyer]

@braeun6 bingo my friend. He's a teacher, not a preacher.

[Goosemeyer]

@TempusTransit I'm afraid he's passed away as well..(March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987

[gezayo]

@TempusTransit omg i know too well what you mean so funny!

[LokalniUmjetnik]

@TempusTransit Alan Watts might interest you..

[MoonShadowNatural]

Please, feed me more...jcf:)

[algalverge]

thank you