Baksheesh and Brahman: Asian Journals - India (Campbell, Joseph, Works.) by Joseph Campbell

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Baksheesh and Brahman: Asian Journals - India (Campbell, Joseph, Works.)

by Joseph Campbell

Series: The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell

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I'm a sucker for this sort of on-the-ground-at-the-time read, whether diaries or memoirs. The Cold War context rubs shoulders with archetypes here.

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Pan American Airlines tourist class to Beirut via Shannon; Paris, with a four-hour delay for repairs and two breakfasts; Rome and an Italian lunch; and finally the Bristol Hotel in Beirut, two days plus four hours from New York.

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Years before he became a mythology expert and household name, Joseph Campbell journeyed to India. He was nearly 50, at a career crossroads, and after 10 years studying Indian art and philosophy he was finally going to India seeking the transcendent (Brahman), the mysteries of India. Instead he found the stark realities of baksheesh culture. His journal of those six months is the closest Campbell ever came to an autobiography. It's a diary of his adventures, insights, and ponderings; it's a window into the India of 1954 and the Joseph Campbell of 1954--both are intriguing places to visit.

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