CAMPBELL OFFERS A SYSTEMATIC AND FASCINATING COMPARISON OF THE THEMES THAT UNDERLIE THE ART, WORSHIP, AND LITERATURE OF THE WESTERN WORLD. THE HIGH FUNCTION OF OCCIDENTAL MYTH AND RITUAL . . . IS TO ESTABLISH A MEANS OF RELATIONSHIP--OF GOD TO MAN AND MAN TO GOD.--JOSEPH CAMPBELL. A SYSTEMATIC AND FASCINATING COMPARISON OF THE THEMES THAT UNDERLIE THE ART, WORSHIP, AND LITERATURE OF THE WESTERN WORLD.
CAMPBELL OFFERS A SYSTEMATIC AND FASCINATING COMPARISON OF THE THEMES THAT UNDERLIE THE ART, WORSHIP, AND LITERATURE OF THE WESTERN WORLD. THE HIGH FUNCTION OF OCCIDENTAL MYTH AND RITUAL . . . IS TO ESTABLISH A MEANS OF RELATIONSHIP--OF GOD TO MAN AND MAN TO GOD.--JOSEPH CAMPBELL. A SYSTEMATIC AND FASCINATING COMPARISON OF THE THEMES THAT UNDERLIE THE ART, WORSHIP, AND LITERATURE OF THE WESTERN WORLD.
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