The author of such acclaimed books as Hero With a Thousand Faces and The Power of Myth discusses the primitive roots of mythology, examining them in light of the most recent discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, and psychology.

An exploration of Eastern mythology as it developed into the distinctive religions of Egypt, India, China, and Japan. It is impossible to read this startling and entertaining book without an enlarged sense of total human possibility and an increased receptivity - 'open-endedness' as Thomas Mann called it - to the still living past. - Robert Gorham Davis Cover design by Neil Stuart. Cover illustration: Tibetan Wheel of Transmigration.

A systematic and fascinating comparison of the themes that underlie the art, worship, and literature of the Western world.

This volume explores the whole inner story of modern culture since the Dark Ages, treating modern man's unique position as the creator of his own mythology.