[The Masks of God 02] • Oriental Mythology by Campbell, Joseph -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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ON COMPLETION OF The Masks of God Part One THE SEPARATION OF EAST AND WEST

Chapter 1 - THE SIGNATURES OF THE FOUR GREAT DOMAINS

I. The Dialogue in Myth of East and West II. The Shared Myth of the One That Became Two III. The Two Views of Ego IV. The Two Ways of India and the Far East V. The Two Loyalties of Europe and the Levant VI. The Age of Comparison

Chapter 2 - THE CITIES OF GOD

I. The Age of Wonder II. Mythogenesis III. Culture Stage and Culture Style IV. The Hieratic State V. Mythic Identification VI. Mythic Inflation VII. The Immanent Transcendent God VIII. The Priestcraft of art IX. Mythic Subordination

Chapter 3 - THE CITIES OF MEN

I. Mythic Dissociation III. Mythic Time IV. The Mythic Flood V. Mythic Guilt VI. The Knowledge of Sorrow

Part Two THE MYTHOLOGIES OF INDIA

Chapter 4 - Ancient India

I. The Invisible Counterplayer II. The Indus Civilization: c. 2500–1500 b.c. III. The Vedic Age: c. 1500–500 b.c. IV. Mythic Power V. Forest Philosophy VI. The Immanent Transcendent Divinity VII. The Great Reversal VIII. The Road of Smoke IX. The Road of Flame

Chapter 5 BUDDHIST INDIA

I. The Occidental and the Oriental Hero II. The New City States: c. 800–500 b.c. III. The Legend of the World Savior IV. Mythic Eternalization V. The Middle Way VI. Nirvāṇa VII. The Age of the Great Classics: c. 500 b.c.–c. 500 a.d. VIII. Three Buddhist Kings IX. The Way of Vision X. The World Regained — as Dream

Chapter 6 THE INDIAN GOLDEN AGE

I. The Heritage of Rome II. The Mythic Past III. The Age of the Great Beliefs: c. 500–1500 a.d. IV. The Way of Delight V. The Blow of Islam

Part III THE MYTHOLOGIES OF THE FAR EAST

Chapter 7 CHINESE MYTHOLOGY

I. The Antiquity of Chinese Civilization II. The Mythic Past III. The Chinese Feudal Age: c. 1500–500 b.c. IV. The Age of the Great Classics: c. 500 b.c.–500 a.d.

V. The Age of the Great Beliefs: c. 500–1500 a.d. Chapter 8 JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY

I. Prehistoric Origins II. The Mythic Past III. The Way of Spirits IV. The Ways of the Buddha V. The Way of Heroes VI. The Way of Tea

Chapter 9 TIBET: THE BUDDHA AND THE NEW HAPPINESS REFERENCE NOTES