The Most Heroic of All Acts

Campbell said myths were clues to our spiritual nature and they could help guide us to a sacred place within where we might unlock the creative power of our deeper unconscious self. He tracked that theme in the symbols stories and rituals that keep appearing in different cultures coming alive in literature art and religion. And then there was the brilliant clarity he brought to the great and enduring theme of mythology across the ages the hero's adventure. Campbell believe the most heroic of all acts is the courage to discover who you are and what you would like to be.