How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. — Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
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How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. You need not have the experience to get the message, or at least some indication of the message. It may come gradually. (92)

— Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
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