Thou Art That
Transforming Religious Metaphor

The wise men who bowed down before the baby Jesus as he lay in the manger—they were Magi. I knew that. What I didn’t know is that Magi were the priests of the God Mithras, and for three centuries Mithras was Christianity’s main competitor. The wise men’s presence at the nativity scene is a symbolic......more

Tat tuam asi به زبان سانسکریت یعنی تو، آن هستی. اساس این تفکر در شوپنهاور بوده که معتقد است حس همذات پنداری با افراد باعث شود که رنجی که از ان تو نیست، تو را هم تحت تاثیر قرار دهد و بدین ترتیب دیگر مرزی بین انسان ها وجود نخواهد داشت. از جمله مباحث مهم دیگر هم پرداخت اسطوره های دینی است اینکه اساطیر......more

Interested in exploring some of the Biblical symbols of the Judeo-Christian faith, I picked up this book with high expectations. No doubt, this book has helped me wrestle with my faith since picking it up. However, this book suffers from many shortcomings that, by the middle portion of the book, alm......more

I’ve been a huge fan of Joseph Campbell since being led to The Hero with a Thousand Faces from interviews and documentaries about Star Wars. I loved that book, but in my opinion, there are much deeper and more fascinating insights to be found in his wider body of work on comparative mythology. Thou a......more

I believe in Campbell with my blood and flesh... he understood the power of myth so well........more