The Mysteries: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks [Paperback]

Joseph Campbell (Editor)

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Series: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks | Publication Date: January 1, 1979

Essays by Julius Baum, C. G. Jung, C. Kerényi, Hans Leisegang, Paul Masson-Oursel, Fritz Meier, Jean de Menasce, Georges Nagel, Walter F. Otto, Max Pulver, Hugo Rahner, Paul Schmitt, and Walter Wili.

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Text: English, German (translation) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Princeton University Press (January 1, 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0691018235
• ISBN-13: 978-0691018232
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spirit and Nature, August 10, 2000

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This review is from: Spirit and Nature: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks (Bollingen Series XXX) (Paperback)

Since 1933, the Eranos Conferences have gathered the world's leading scholars of religion and mythology. This set consists of Joseph Campbell's selections of the best papers from that conference. This is Volume 1, "Spirit and Nature". This volume includes the writings of some distinguished scientists as well. The thirteen papers include: Carl Jung, "The Phenomenology of Spirit in Fairy Tales"; Carl Kerényi, "Apollo Epiphanies"; Walter Wili, "The History of Spirit in Antiquity"; Max Pulver, "The Experience of Pneuma in Philo"; Hugo Rahner, "Earth Spirit and Divine Spirit in Patristic Theology"; Fritz Meier, "The Problem of Nature in the Esoteric Monism of Islam"; Paul Masson-Oursel, "The Indian Conception of Psychology" and "Indian Techniques of Salvation"; Ernesto Buonaiuti, "Ecclesia Spiritualis"; Werner Kaegi, "The Transformation of Spirit in the Renaissance"; Friedrich Dessauer, "Galileo and Newton: The Turning Point of Western Thought"; Erwin Schrödinger, "The Spirit of Science"; Adolf Portmann, "Biology and the Pheonomenon of the Spiritual"; and Carl Jung, "The Spirit of Psychology".

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Few Comments on Volume 6 - The Mystic Vision, April 6, 2008

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This review is from: The Mystic Vision: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, Vol. 6 (Paperback)

Michael P. McGarry has provided the necessary and useful lists of essays on all 6 of the Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, edited by Joseph Campbell. I only wish to add a few comments on Volume 6 since I finished reading all of the essays in this volume today.
There is a good amount of information by Gilles Quispel in his 37 page essay "Gnostic Man: The Doctrine of Basilides" and in the impressive 68 page essay "The Concept of Redemption in Manichaeism" by Henri-Charles Putch. However, the literary prize in my opinion goes to Erich Neumann for his wonderful 41 page essay "Mystical Man." This is a distinguished piece of essay writing, worthy of an Emerson. It is the only essay that is wholly Jungian in approach, and he does a magnificent job of presenting the concept of mysticism in strictly Jungian terms. He proposes man as "homo mysticus" for whom the mystical experience is not something distant or rare but a part of the normal human experience. "The reality of this encounter is one of the fundamental facts of man's existence . . ." I found Neumann's essay to be very inspiring, which is something one does not often find in academic papers of these kinds. To me, it was worth the price of the entire book.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An invaluable resource for those interested in the Mysteries, August 9, 1998

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This review is from: The Mysteries: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks (Paperback)

One of numerous volumes of the Eranos Yearbook Papers, The Mysteries consists of articles written by the likes of Carl G. Jung (Transformation Symbolism in the Mass), Max Pulver (Jesus' Round Dance according to the Apocryphal Acts of St. John), Hans Leisegang (The Mystery of the Serpent),and Walter F. Otto (The Meaning of the Eleusinian Mysteries); and is edited by the godfather of modern mythological interpretation, Joseph Campbell. Any student of the Western Esoteric Traditions will surely enjoy these eye-opening, scholarly, and erudite articles.

Of particular importance is the translation into English of the Acts of St. John, which relates the Mystical Round Dance of Jesus after the last supper, as well as John's vision of the Cross of Light during the crucifixion at Golgotha.