The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL
The dreamer and his dream are the same…the powers personified in a dream are these that move the world.
More Joseph Campbell Quotes
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The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.
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Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
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We’re so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.
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If you want the whole thing, the gods will give it to you. But you must be ready for it.
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The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
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Midlife is when you reach the top of the ladder and find that it was against the wrong wall.
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The Fates guide those who will and drag those who won’t!
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Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
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Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.
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It is the function of art to carry us beyond speech to experience.
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Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.
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The god you worship is the one you’re capable of becoming.
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At the darkest moment comes the light.
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The very cave you are afraid to enter turns out to be the source of what you are looking for.
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A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder. Fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won.
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The problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist.
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