{"product_id":"finding-your-own-true-myth-toby-johnson-9781546521075","title":"Finding Your Own True Myth: What I Learned from Joseph Campbell: The Myth of the Great Secret III","description":"From Joseph Campbell, the renowned comparative religions and mythology scholar, Toby Johnson derived his central insight that there is a \"new myth\" arising in human consciousness. This is the understanding of the nature of myth itself, a \"meta-myth,\" the \"myth of myth,\" according to which our lives are always giving us clues to the secret of our true and deepest nature, and our salvation comes from following our own unique clues. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the clues that many cultures share is the tradition of the \"wise old man,\" the elder who serves as guide, teacher, and companion, helping others on the path to enlightenment. When Toby Johnson, a young Catholic seminarian, left the monastery on his own unconventional spiritual journey, he had the good fortune to find such a teacher in the person of Joseph Campbell. Johnson says in the introduction: Joe demonstrated how to gently leave behind the na?e religiousness of youth and find wonder, meaning, and bliss in a new post-mythic, but re-mythologized, spiritual consciousness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToby Johnson's spiritual\/philosophical autobiography, \u003ci\u003eFinding Your Own True Myth-The Myth of the Great Secret III\u003c\/i\u003e, is both a loving memorial to Campbell and an original extension of his work. Johnson, later a psychotherapist, religions scholar, novelist, and gay spirituality writer, offers insight into the vital role that myth-and insight into myth-play in the modern world and inspiration for anyone seeking coherence and meaning. A wealth of personal anecdotes and teaching stories are woven throughout the text to provide practical applications for these lessons and concrete examples of their power to change lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Toby Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1546521070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781546521075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d","brand":"Toby Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939494330623,"sku":"9781546521075","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_df8bef5e-8c2b-4d5d-ad21-475da5b450b2.jpg?v=1681441832","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/finding-your-own-true-myth-toby-johnson-9781546521075","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}