![]() ![]() ![]() It was said that he could make the bones of folklore and anthropology live. By ten, he was into the pursuit that made him one of the world’s leading scholars of mythology, and one of the most exciting teachers of our time. Who made them, he wondered, what did they mean? He began to read everything he could about Indians, their myths and legends. Reflecting, it found nothing but itself, and its first word was, ‘This am I.'”īILL MOYERS: When Joseph Campbell was a little boy, his father took him to the Museum of Natural History in New York, and he was transfixed by the totem poles and masks. JOSEPH CAMPBELL: This is from the Hindu Upanishad: “In the beginning there was only the great self, reflected in the form of a person. And the darkness gathered thick in places, crowding together and then separating, crowding and separating.”īILL MOYERS: “And the spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters, and God said, ‘Let there be light.'” ![]() JOSEPH CAMPBELL: This is the song of the world, from a legend of the Pima Indians: “In the beginning there was only darkness everywhere, darkness and water. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep.” BILL MOYERS: Genesis 1: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. ![]()
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