Moyers: What about those others who are ordinary, those who…
Moyers: What about those others who are ordinary, those who are not poets or artists, or who have not had a transcendent ecstasy? How do we know of these things?
Campbell: I'll tell you a way, a very nice way. Sit in a room and read - and read and read.
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Campbell: And then you can go read what he had read. And the world opens up in a way that is consistent with a certain point of view.
Campbell: When you find an author who really grabs you, read everything he has done. Don't say, "oh, I want to know what so-and-so did" - and don't bother at all with the best-seller list. Just read what this one author has to give you.
Campbell: And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time. This realization of life can be a constant realization in your living.
Excerpt from 'The Power of Myth', Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers.