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by David_Kudler
Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:22 am
Forum: The Village Compound
Topic: Mythic Journeys
Replies: 17
Views: 7910

Greetings from Atlanta! We've been indulging in an Eleusinian time here! There are dozens of JCF associates here, from Bob Walter and webmaster Manny Otto to mods Martin and Bodhi_Bliss to leaders of over a score of the Mythological RoundTables from four continents to associates from around the glob...
by David_Kudler
Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:22 am
Forum: The Village Compound
Topic: Mythic Journeys
Replies: 17
Views: 7910

Ah!

Wonderful pictures!

Thanks for sharing them, Martin!
by David_Kudler
Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:22 am
Forum: Follow Your Bliss
Topic: Welcome to the "Follow your bliss" Conversation!
Replies: 64
Views: 25877

On 2004-05-13 20:42, Bodhi_Bliss wrote: This brings up an interesting question: is there a difference between Bliss and Fate? How closely are the two intertwined? Will realizing one manifest the other? ...food for thought... bodhibliss Not really an answer--but this question brought to mind the Sch...
by David_Kudler
Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:22 am
Forum: Follow Your Bliss
Topic: Welcome to the "Follow your bliss" Conversation!
Replies: 64
Views: 25877

On 2006-05-15 19:42, Raphael wrote: What happens when you find your bliss but it pisses others off? Is it still bliss? namaste Raphael Yes. <IMG SRC="/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"> Bliss isn't about making others--or even oneself--happy. It's about doing the absolutely necessary thing.
by David_Kudler
Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:22 am
Forum: The Wisdom Pool: The Associates Research Dialogue
Topic: marriage
Replies: 4
Views: 3072

Here are two quotes from Pathways to Bliss that might be of use: I once overheard the clergyman at an Anglican wedding ceremony say to the couple something like this: “Live your life in such a way that you will merit eternal life in the future.” I thought, Well, that’s not quite correctly phrased. W...
by David_Kudler
Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:22 am
Forum: The Wisdom Pool: The Associates Research Dialogue
Topic: a book on enlightenment
Replies: 4
Views: 2305

Welcomem, m3atwadd! The question we'd need to ask you is whether you mean enlightenment specifically in the Buddhist sense, or whether you are looking at the more general issue of reaching total fulfillment. Myths of Light does discuss the Buddhist take in some detail, although you can also look at ...
by David_Kudler
Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:22 am
Forum: The Wisdom Pool: The Associates Research Dialogue
Topic: Researching Possible Campbell Quote
Replies: 9
Views: 4258

Yes, nice quotes, Shanti!

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I have one to add--and I need to track down the source--that might have been the basis for the misremembered quote that kicked this conversation off:
"You worship God in your way. I worship God in His way.
by David_Kudler
Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:22 am
Forum: The Wisdom Pool: The Associates Research Dialogue
Topic: Martin Buber
Replies: 4
Views: 2390

The idea of Buber's--and I'm saying this off of the top of my head, so bear with me--is the idea that there were two ways of relating to God: I/Thou or I/It. It is interesting that Campbell's take on South and East Asian religions is that they add I/I to the list... There's more to it, but I'll leav...
by David_Kudler
Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:22 am
Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
Topic: A Woman's Hero Journey: Is it different?
Replies: 167
Views: 51076

I've been lurking here--I'm sorry I haven't been more present--and enjoying this Conversation. I did want to point out one further resource: the most recent 'new' title in the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell series, Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation . Among other things, th...
by David_Kudler
Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:22 am
Forum: The Conversation with a Thousand Faces
Topic: Skeleton Key Indexer Wins National Prize!
Replies: 2
Views: 1449

We've just been informed that Charlee Trantino, who has created the indexes for most of the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell series has won the American Society of Indexers’ annual “ award for excellence in indexing ” for her index to A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake . The award is not given every...
by David_Kudler
Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:26 pm
Forum: The Call to Adventure
Topic: Campbell and Rumors of Anti-semitism
Replies: 116
Views: 61708

At the Joseph Campbell Mythology Group , an online group dedicated to exploring myth and Campbell that includes a Yahoo! discussion group, there has been a discussion of this very issue. Richard Wallach, who was an associate of Campbell's, contributed several posts that I though would be germaine. I...
by David_Kudler
Tue Dec 16, 2003 1:46 am
Forum: The Call to Adventure
Topic: Campbell and Rumors of Anti-semitism
Replies: 116
Views: 61708

Well, this isn't strictly a refutation, but I do wish to point out that Jews (specifically, young Jewish women) made up something better than half of the student body of Sarah Lawrence during Mr. Campbell's tenure there. So if it was his habit to exclude Jews, I would be shocked. My sense--and it is...
by David_Kudler
Mon Jun 02, 2003 7:33 am
Forum: The Call to Adventure
Topic: Campbell and Rumors of Anti-semitism
Replies: 116
Views: 61708

I just wanted to add one thing to what I said, by way of clarification: It seems to me that finding fault with the theology of Judaism does not necessarilly make one anti-Semitic, any more than objecting to the policies of one's head-of-state makes one un-patriotic. <font size=-1>[ This Message was ...
by David_Kudler
Sat May 10, 2003 4:00 am
Forum: The Call to Adventure
Topic: Campbell and Rumors of Anti-semitism
Replies: 116
Views: 61708

Every Passover, my uncle begins the festivities by asking me if I still work for "that anti-Semitic organization." :sigh: I didn't know Joe personally, so I can't really say, with conviction, that he wasn't an anti-Semite, however you want to define that. I have to say that I haven't seen anything t...