42 Joseph Campbell Quotes to Help You Conquer Your Hero’s Journey

“If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That’s why it’s your path.”

 
If you’ve been reading HighExistence for any amount of time, you’ve likely come across our affinity with the Hero’s Journey — the epic monomyth that describes an individuals journey through awakening, emerging the hero of their story and a warrior to their culture.

The Hero’s Journey, among myriad other contributions to collective psychology and literature, is the brainchild of Joseph Campbell. Campbell was a legendary American author and comparative religion scholar.

From studying Sanskrit in Europe, to spending 5 years reading 9 hours a day in a wooden shack in the forests — Campbell had a unique vantage on world religions, the familiar underpinnings of life and meaning, and the academic prowess to pull it all together.

He elucidated the journeys that we all share, building upon the foundational frameworks laid down by Nietzsche, Freud, Jung, and many other depth psychologists.

In fact, George Lucas, the visionary creator of the Star Wars saga, credits the hero’s journey as helping create the narrative arc of the series.

Also widely credited with dispersing the idea of ‘following your bliss’, one of the core tenants here at HighExistence — Campbell was a true mastermind of tapping into the collective unconsciousness, the depths of the psyche, and emerging with sacred gems of insight that carry through over millenia.

The master of mythology, the sultan of story, Campbell has dissertations to share with anyone willing to listen, to absorb, and to dive in on their own hero’s journey.

So if you’re ready, read along with us, as we have 42 quotes to give you your own PhD in heroic drama and equip you with the weapons you need to go out and slay your dragons.

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