The Inner Reaches of Outer Space

The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Myth as Metaphor and as Religion

Cover of the first edition
Author	Joseph Campbell
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Collected Works of Joseph Campbell
Subject	Religion/Comparative Mythology
Genre	religion, Religion and mythology
Publisher	Alfred van der Mark
Publication date	First published in 1986. Second edition, 1988. Third edition 2002.
Media type	Print
Pages	160
ISBN	1-57731-209-0
OCLC	48144306
Dewey Decimal	291.1/3 21
LC Class	BL311 .C263 2002

The Inner Reaches of Outer Space is a 1986 book by mythologist Joseph Campbell, the last book completed before his death in 1987. In it, he explores the intersections of art, psychology and religion, and discusses the ways in which new myths are born. In writing the book, Campbell drew on transcripts of a series of lectures and conversations that he gave in San Francisco in the early 1980s, including legendary symposiums with astronaut Rusty Schweickart and with members of the Grateful Dead.

Originally published by Alfred van der Mark in 1986, the book was rereleased by Harper & Row in 1988. With the publication of the third edition by New World Library in 2002, The Inner Reaches of Outer Space became the second title in the Joseph Campbell Foundation's Collected Works of Joseph Campbell series.

References

• Campbell, Joseph (2002). The Inner Reaches of Outer Space. Novato, California: New World Library. ISBN 1-57731-209-0.

External links

• Inner Reaches page on the JCF site