"Life Lives On Life"-Joseph Cambell

Excerpt of lecture on Joseph Campbell's The Power Of Myth, "Life Lives On Life, That's What It's All About."
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the Doubleday editor whose interest in the ideas of Campbell resulted in the publication of Bill Moyers" PBS interview of Joseph Campbell into a book.

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[customer77]

Thanks Sirchud68.

[starlahicks]

Joseph Campbell was and is a very smart man, wish i could find some of his books to read. His books will make very good reading.

[customer77]

@starlahicks Joesph Campbell has written many scholarly works, but I found the book, "Reflections On The Art of Living, A Joseph Campbell Companion", Selected and Edited by Diane K. Osbon, Harperperennial-Harper Collins Publisher to be a quick read and introduction to his ideas. You may still find it on Amazon.com. Also "Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers" is a good place to start your Campbell reading.. Good Luck and thanks for the comment.

[speakertx]

I know I have read somewhere in Campbell's work an even more compelling and provoking formulation: "Life eats life." Almost certainly this was in the context of a discussion on the mythological context of primitive societies where the animal spirit is ascribed spiritual significance because of its sacrifice. It gives its life for the sustenance of the people and lives on in them.

To me, it is the most basal definition of the term "Life" in a much broader context.

[customer77]

Or the contrary, it is the most fundamental definition of life, one leading to growth and self-awareness of a shadow side to our personas.

[PatrickLeeRyan]

Thanks for this. I wish you'd make more videos on Campbell's philosophy. Very worthy.

[customer77]

Thank You for the comment.

[receptor24]

yes there is more to life than dominance and submission... its called balance

[culturaleyes]

thank you very much for posting this. I wonder if one day the world will truly awaken to Joseph Campbell's teachings. it is the sleeper hit of all time.

[HuckleberrySlim]

its just a guy saying he learned something and that he liked it

[Sirchud68]

I wish we had this whole lecture

[ahamatmabrahman]

@receptor24 very good comment

[brttcm8]

@customer77 Of course there's more to everything than domination but we cannot deny the inflections of life which include great suffering and great forces of history. Esp. if you've ever wondered why "We can go to the Moon but we can't _______!" That is, if you really want power and control the amount of compromise to your humanity will be staggering and it still may turn to ashes.

[CapnCanard]

body of christ, amen. i.e. take this body and eat so that you may live. Life consumes life in order to keep living. It is an endless process.

[ewb123]

@starlahicks Go to a library. 

[younwhosarmy]

Misleading Title ... You are not Joseph Campbell!!!

[888Kharami]

when one is ready to die, they die...when one is ready to leave...they are eaten. if one wants to stay, they must cherish everything...especially there soul and deeper natural wants... on the higher planes, there is less death of the noble and more death of the old thinkers....