Joseph Campbell Foundation

Joseph Campbell Foundation

Founded	1991
Founder	Jean Erdman Campbell and Robert Walter
Focus	Education, Mythology
Location	Kentfield, California
Area served	Global
Key people	Robert Walter, co-founder and president Jean Erdman, co-founder and president emeritus David Kudler, publications Stephen Gerringer, community
Slogan	A network of information; a community of individuals
Website	www.jcf.org

The Joseph Campbell Foundation is a US not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserve, protect and perpetuate the work of influential American mythologist Joseph Campbell (1904–1987). It fosters academic and popular discussion in the fields of comparative mythology and religion, psychology and culture through its publishing program, events, local groups (Mythological RoundTable^(R) groups) and its internet presence.^[1]

The foundation was created in 1991 by Campbell's widow, choreographer Jean Erdman, and by his longtime editor Robert Walter, who is the foundation's president.^[2]

Among the initiatives undertaken by the JCF are:

The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell, a series of books and recordings (both previously released and posthumous) that pulls together Campbell's myriad-minded work^[3]
the Erdman Campbell Award^[4]^[5]^[6]
the Mythological RoundTable^(R) groups, a global network of local groups that explore the subjects of comparative mythology, psychology, religion and culture^[7]^[8]
the collection of Campbell's personal library and papers housed at the OPUS Archives and Research Center (see below).^[9]

External links

References

↑ The Joseph Campbell Foundation Website
↑ "Setting Up a Foundation of Mythic Proportions," The Washington Times, December 14, 1992.
↑ "Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor (Spirituality)," National Catholic Register, December 7, 2001
↑ "Scholar Followed His Bliss in Myth," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 2, 2004.
↑ [The Erdman-Campbell Prize awarded by the Joseph Campbell Foundation The Erdman-Campbell Prize awarded by the Joseph Campbell Foundation (Mythic Imagination Institute website)]
↑ Leah Garchick, The San Francisco Chronicle, April 28, 2006
↑ "Area Mythological RoundTable," Polk County News-Journal (North Carolina), April 1, 2009
↑ As of July 1, 2010, the JCF website shows 65 active groups on five continents.
↑ "A Legend in His Own Right A library in Carpinteria is devoted to the legacy of Joseph Campbell, who celebrated myth and spirituality.," The Los Angeles Times, Oct 7, 1993

Joseph Campbell

Books

Where the Two Came to Their Father: A Navaho War Ceremonial (1943). with Jeff King and Maud Oakes
A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake (1944). with Henry Morton Robinson
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949).

The Masks of God (1959–1968)	Volume 1, Primitive Mythology (1959) Volume 2, Oriental Mythology (1962) Volume 3, Occidental Mythology (1964) Volume 4, Creative Mythology (1968))

The Flight of the Wild Gander:Explorations in the Mythological Dimension (1968)
Myths to Live By (1972)
Erotic irony and mythic forms in the art of Thomas Mann (1973)
The Mythic Image (1974)
The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor As Myth and As Religion (1986)

Historical Atlas
of World Mythology
(1983–1989)

Volume I: The Way of the Animal Powers (1983) (reprint in two parts: Part 1: Mythologies of the Primitive Hunters and Gatherers (1988);
Part 2: Mythologies of the Great Hunt (1988))
Volume II: The Way of the Seeded Earth (Part 1: The Sacrifice (1988); Part 2: Mythologies of the Primitive Planters: The North Americas (1989);
Part 3: Mythologies of the Primitive Planters: The Middle and Southern Americas (1989))

Transformations of Myth Through Time (1990)
A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living (1991). editor Diane K. Osbon
Mythic Worlds, Modern Words: On the Art of James Joyce (1993). editor Edmund L. Epstein
The Mythic Dimension: Selected Essays (1959–1987) (1993). editor Anthony Van Couvering
Baksheesh & Brahman: Indian Journals (1954–1955) (1995). editors Robin/Stephen Larsen & Anthony Van Couvering
Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor (2001). editor Eugene Kennedy
Sake & Satori: Asian Journals - Japan (2002). editor David Kudler
Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal (2003). editor David Kudler
Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation (2004). editor David Kudler
The Mythic Imagination: Collected Short Fiction (2012), editors David Kudler and Robert Walter
Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine (2013), editor Safron Rossi
Romance of the Grail: The Magic and Mystery of Arthurian Myth (2015), editor Evans Lansing Smith

Books based
upon interviews

The Power of Myth (1988). with Bill Moyers and editor Betty Sue Flowers
An Open Life: Joseph Campbell in Conversation with Michael Toms (1989). editors John Maher and Dennie Briggs, forward by Jean Erdman Campbell
This business of the gods: Interview with Fraser Boa (1989)
The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work (1990). editor Phil Cousineau

Audio recordings

The Power of Myth (With Bill Moyers) (1987)
Transformation of Myth through Time Volume 1-3 (1989)
The Hero with a Thousand Faces: The Cosmogonic Cycle (Read by Ralph Blum) (1990)
The Way of Art (1990—unlicensed)
The Lost Teachings of Joseph Campbell Volume 1-9 (With Michael Toms) (1993)
On the Wings of Art: Joseph Campbell; Joseph Campbell on the Art of James Joyce (1995)
The Wisdom of Joseph Campbell (With Michael Toms) (1997)

The Collected Lectures
of Joseph Campbell

Volume I.1: Mythology and the Individual (1997)
Volume I.2: The Inward Journey (1997)
Volume I.3: The Eastern Way (1997)
Volume I.4: Man and Myth (1997)
Volume I.5: The Myths and Masks of God (1997)
Volume I.6: The Western Quest (1997)
Volume II.1: A Brief History of World Mythology (2009–2011)
Volume II.2: Perspectives on Creative Mythology (2012–2013)
Volume II.3: Christian Symbols & Ideas (2014)

Myth and Metaphor in Society (With Jamake Highwater) (abridged)(2002)

Video/DVDs

Psyche & Symbol (13 part KQED/PBS video series: Executive Producer: Aaron Miller; Director: Diane Dowling) (1976)
Transformations of Myth Through Time (1989)
Mythos (1987/1998)
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth (1988)
The Hero's Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell (1987) (Phil Cousineau)
Myth and Metaphor in Society (With Jamake Highwater) (1993)
Sukhavati (2005)

Books edited

Gupta, Mahendranath. The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942) (translation from Bengali by Swami Nikhilananda; Joseph Campbell and Margaret Woodrow Wilson, translation assistants -
see preface; foreword by Aldous Huxley)
Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization. Heinrich Zimmer (1946)
The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil. Heinrich Zimmer (1948)
Philosophies of India. Heinrich Zimmer (1951)
The Portable Arabian Nights (1951)
The Art of Indian Asia. Heinrich Zimmer (1955)
Man and Time: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Various authors (1954–1969)
Man and Transformation: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Various authors (1954–1969)
The Mysteries: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Various authors (1954–1969)
The Mystic Vision: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Various authors (1954–1969)
Spirit and Nature: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Various authors (1954–1969)
Spiritual Disciplines: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Various authors (1954–1969)
Myths, Dreams, Religion. Various authors (1970)
The Portable Jung. Carl Jung (1971)