The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)

This book was a gift for my mom and she loves it.

This book gives many examples of the relativity apparent in religious symbols during the worlds time line. It is a book to study not a quick read. The center of mystical relativity is focused more on yoga Chakra, then Buddhism outward until beliefs that barley touch modern logical scientific thinking. Yoga meaning: oneness with one's inner-self," matches the the book's title. This book answers a question I have heard muttered many times, "Why is America having so many social behavioral problems?" "Why is the world in chaos?" The book explores the quantum leap advancement of mankind in relationship to the archaic belief systems; dissolving the very foundations of the collective unconscious mind.

This book is a classic. Just by the autor , Joseph Campbell you can be sure has quality, is well fundamented, profound, and yet, easy to read. It connects Inner realities with Outer realities in an amazing way. The edition is well prepared.

I love Joseph Campbell's works. Although this is very scholarly written, and at times difficult to read, It's worth culling out the key important points of Myth, Metaphor and Religion. Earth's new view of Religion and Myth should be any photo of our known Universe as viewed through the telescopic view of the HUBBLE TELESCOPES and later advanced telescopes. The Bible and the Koran and other religious texts written with a world view 2000 or more years ago just doesn't fit the Mythology of today.

I learn from all his writings like I am in his classroom. He does not preach but expose universal truths. This last chapter in particular "The way of the artist" makes remarkable correlations between the artist and the mystic.

Always good to get a Joseph Campbell book. Every age sees his ideas in a new perspective, so having any of his books at any age and rereading and rereading, is always a plus and interesting revelation.What a phenomenal mind!!!!

I believe that Joseph Campbell is a contemporary philosophical genius. Though this book was written in 1986, his interpretation of the unconscious and conscious workings of our American psyche speaks with moral clarity to us today.

I'm amazed by Campbell's intellect and his ability to communicate his knowledge of mythology and its application to us as individuals and our world.

I was delighted with this book, it is one I did not have and it resonated with what would have been in his lifetime.., the beginning of what Quantum Physics would reveal in the decade after his death. As the DOS of Servants of the Light School I highly reccommend ALL Campbell's books as background reading. Although he remained a committed Catholic during his life, his was mind that was open to new ideas and never closed to a different interpretation.

Excellent book really enjoyed, alot of information on abit of everything.

As always thought provoking and beautifully written. Slightly different than the more complex works but great nevertheless. As an artist I found the "Way of Art" chapter especially interesting.

Good exploration into what's behind the out there and the right here in space and within ourselves. Need a bit of time to let this sink in.