Oriental Mythology (The Masks of God™ Book 2)

Oriental Mythology (The Masks of God™ Book 2)

<h2>Explore the power of myth as it flowered in Asia</h2><br /><br />In this second volume of <i>The Masks of God</i> - Joseph Campbell's major work of comparative mythology - the pre-emimenent mythologist looks at Asian mythology as it developed over the course of five thousand years into the distinctive religions of Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, and Japan. <br /><br />The Masks of God is a four-volume study of world religion and myth that stands as one of Joseph Campbell's masterworks. On completing it, he wrote: <i>Its main result for me has been the confirmation of a thought I have long and faithfully entertained: of the unity of the race of man, not only in its biology, but also in its spiritual history, which has everywhere unfolded in the manner of a single symphony, with its themes announced, developed, amplified and turned about, distorted, reasserted, and today, in a grand fortissimo of all sections sounding together, irresistibly advancing to some kind of mighty climax, out of which the next great movement will emerge.</i><br /><br />This new digital edition, part of the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell series, includes over forty new illustrations.<br /><br />(Comparative Mythology: Ancient Egypt, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism)