Table of Contents
About the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell ix
Editor's Foreword Eugene Kennedy xi
Chapter I Metaphor and Religious Mystery 1
The Meaning of Myth 1
What Myths Do 2
Metaphor, the Native Tongue of Myth 6
Metaphor and Mystery 8
Chapter II The Experience of Religious Mystery 11
Symbolism and Religious Experience 11
Experiencing Mystery 12
Chapter III Our Notions of God 17
Elements of Our Experience of the Mystery of God 24
Symbols: Out of Time and Place 28
Chapter IV The Religious Imagination and the Rules of Traditional Theology 33
Imagination and Its Relation to Theological Inquiry 37
Chapter V Symbols of the Judeo-Christian Tradition 43
What Kinds of Gods Have We? 43
Genesis 49
Abraham, Father of the Jewish People 53
Chapter VI Understanding the Symbols of Judeo-Christian Spirituality 61
The Virgin Birth 62
The Cave 65
The Infant 66
Flight into Egypt 68
The Child as Teacher 68
The Messiah 70
Miracles 72
The Last Supper 73
Judas 75
Crucifixion 76
The Cross 76
The End of the World 83
Chapter VII Question Period 85
Appendix: A Discussion 101
Introductory Note 101
Earthrise-The Dawning of a New Spiritual Awareness 102
Chapter Notes 115
A Joseph Campbell Bibliography 121
Index 125
About the Author 133
About the Joseph Campbell Foundation 135