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Joseph Campbell Foundation

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Focus
  
Education, Mythology

Area served
  
Global

Founder
  
Robert Walter

Location
  
Kentfield, California

Website
  
www.jcf.org

Founded
  
1991

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Key people
  
Robert Walter, co-founder and president Jean Erdman, co-founder and president emeritus David Kudler, publications Stephen Gerringer, community

Slogan
  
A network of information; a community of individuals

Motto
  
A network of information; a community of individuals

Similar
  
Esalen Institute, Sarah Lawrence College, Henry M Jackson Foundati, Institute of Noetic Sciences

The Joseph Campbell Foundation is a US not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserve, protect and perpetuate the work of influential American mythologist Joseph Campbell (1904–1987). It fosters academic and popular discussion in the fields of comparative mythology and religion, psychology and culture through its publishing program, events, local groups (Mythological RoundTable(R) groups) and its internet presence.

The foundation was created in 1991 by Campbell's widow, choreographer Jean Erdman, and by his longtime editor Robert Walter, who is the foundation's president.

Among the initiatives undertaken by the JCF are:

  • The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell, a series of books and recordings (both previously released and posthumous) that pulls together Campbell's myriad-minded work
  • the Erdman Campbell Award
  • the Mythological RoundTable(R) groups, a global network of local groups that explore the subjects of comparative mythology, psychology, religion and culture
  • the collection of Campbell's personal library and papers housed at the OPUS Archives and Research Center (see below).

    • References

    Joseph Campbell Foundation Wikipedia
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