The Masks of God: Occidental MythologyCampbell 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. |
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Myth and Ritual East and West | 3 |
The Serphents Bride | 9 |
II The Gorgons Blood | 17 |
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