Myth & the Body - A colloquy with Joseph Campbell [Paperback]

Stanley Keleman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0934320179 | ISBN-13: 978-0934320177 | Publication Date: July 1, 1999

In 1973, Two pioneers in their respective fields - Stanley Keleman and Joseph Campbell - began to hold what would be fourteen annual seminars, ceasing only with Campbell's death, to trade their well-honed thoughts on the subject of mythology and the body.

Their talks ranged over a vast number of subjects, but the two friends found themselves returning again and again to ponder the meaning they found in the story that lies at the very heart of Western thought: Parsifal and the quest for the Holy Grail.

Whether your interest lies in psychology or mythology - or both - you are sure to be fascinated by the connecgtions forged by two original and celebrated thinkers.

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About the Author

Stanley Keleman is director of the Center for Energetic Studies in Berkeley, California. He has been practicing and developing somatic therapy for over thirty-five years, and is a pioneer in his study of the life of the body and its connection to the sexual, emotional, and imaginative aspects of human experience. Through his writings and continuing practice, Keleman has developed a methodology and conceptual framework for the life of the body which are to be found in his recent books, Emotional Anatomy and Embodying Experience.

Joseph Campbell, educator, author , and editor, was educated at Columbia University, University of Paris, and the University of Munich. For nearly forty years, he taught at Sarah Lawrence College where he was a member of the literatuture faculty. He is author of the four-volume study of world mythologies collectively titled The Masks of God; also The Hero with a Thousand Faces, and The Flight of the Wild Gander, and editor of The Portable Jung and The Portable Arabian Nights. He appeared with Bill Moyers on a television series, The Powere of Myth, which was aired following his death in 1987. Director Georget Lucas credits The Hero with a Thousand Faces as the template and inspiration for the Star Wars films.

Product Details

• Paperback: 91 pages
• Publisher: Center Pr (July 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0934320179
• ISBN-13: 978-0934320177
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #565,389 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)