The Deadheads are doing the dance of life and this I would say is the answer to the atom bomb.
Joseph CampbellMythology may, in a real sense, be defined as other people's religion. And religion may, in a sense, be understood as popular misunderstanding of mythology. (8)
Joseph CampbellEvery people is a chosen people in its own mind. And it is rather amusing that their name for themselves usually means mankind.
Joseph CampbellYou know, I didn't write my books for critics and scholars. I wrote them for students and artists. When I hear how much my work has meant to them--well, I can't tell you how happy that makes me. That means that this great stuff of myth, which I have been so privileged to work with, will be kept alive for a whole new generation. That's the function of the artists, you know, to reinterpret the old stories and make them come alive again, in poetry, painting, and now in movies.
Joseph Campbell