The Power of Myth

This book by Joseph Campbell was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Tim Ferriss. It comes up in conversations about anxiety & stress, consciousness, meditation & mindfulness, psychedelics. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

The companion book for the series, The Power of Myth, (Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers, and editor Betty Sue Flowers) was released in 1988 at the same time the series aired on PBS. In the editor's note to The Power of Myth, Flowers credits Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, as "the Doubleday editor, whose interest in the ideas of Joseph Campbell was the prime mover in the publication of this book." The book follows the format of the documentary and provides additional discussions not included in the original six hour release.

• “one of them is called I believe it's the power of the animal spirits which is this anthropological and historic overview of animal mythology”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “it's a beautiful hardcover book it's gigantic it's absolutely spectacularly Illustrated”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Jul 202301:08:49

  Said during "Jack Kornfield - How to Reduce Anxiety and Polish the Lens of Consciousness | The Tim Ferriss Show". The episode features Jack Kornfield: Buddhist teacher and former monk trained in Thailand, India, and Burma; co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Center; author of many books on mindfulness; co-founder of Cloud Sangha. Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield on reducing anxiety, the nature of consciousness, love over enlightenment, and finding community.