Joseph Campbell Quotes About Rituals

Quotes about: Rituals

• A ritual is the enactment of a myth. And, by participating in the ritual, you are participating in the myth. And since myth is a projection of the depth wisdom of the psyche, by participating in a ritual, participating in the myth, you are being, as it were, put in accord with that wisdom, which is the wisdom that is inherent within you anyhow. Your consciousness is being re-minded of the wisdom of your own life.

  Joseph Campbell

  Depth, Consciousness, Myth

• The function of ritual, as I understand it, is to give form to human life, not in the way of a mere surface arrangement, but in depth.

  Joseph Campbell

  Giving, Depth, Way

  "Myths to Live By".

• Society has provided [children] no rituals by which they become members of the tribe, of the community. All children need to be twice born, to learn to function rationally in the present world, leaving childhood behind.

  Joseph Campbell

  Children, Childhood, Community

  Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.9, Anchor

• If you want to find out what it means to have a society without any rituals, read the New York Times.

  Joseph Campbell

  New York, Mean, Want

  Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.8, Anchor

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