Joseph Campbell - Jung and the Right and Left-hand Paths 

It can’t be emphasized enough that the ‘left hand path’ spoken of here is only barely survivable if you can have respect for your civilization and you have something to offer. I don’t think it’s about being some kind of miserable debauched criminal - I think it has more to do with being able to detatch from the reward system of your society to live and think and behave in a more sophisticated or nuanced way, and survive all the rejection from that until you can achieve something or produce something that might reshape the world in a beneficial way.

left hand path: you choose a nice life in this world right hand path: you choose a nice life in the hereafter pick wisely bro. 😂

The trouble is for most people in the West there no longer exists either path. There is no grounding in a tribe/people (right hand) and hence nothing to journey away from (left hand). This is why people are so screwed up today in ways that the world has never seen.

The left path is service to self. The right path is service to others. There is no right or wrong. No good or bad. Just positive or negative orientation. The key is to Live. Death is an illusion

“When you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.”

Been on the left path ever since I started making art , over 7 years ago.

The wisdom here is that each culture develops a *different* right-hand path, but the *same* left-hand path. The nature of truth is that it can be discovered in infinite ways but the result is always the same.

Embrace both paths - Be in the world but not of the world.

What a wonderful teacher he was. And he helped bring Jung into public awareness, at last. Thank you for uploading this.

Doesn't it make more sense to call it the left and right BRAIN paths? But i guess they didn't know it back then, they just witnessed that left handed tend to be artist types. The right hand path is religion/culture. The left hand path is what creates new cultures/relgions, if you are lucky enough to actually successfully complete the shamanic/schizophrenic/bipolar/divine-madness/crazy-wisdom/creative-illness hero's journey.

Whenever I think of LHP i think of "my way" by frank sinatra, people will say you ought to do this, its be better to avoid that etc etc. But at the end of your life you will be sitting with yourself and the life you have chosen. I quickly realized I did not admire those who conform so I never did. I have less friends than I used to but now I realized they weren't really my friends because they did not know me. I was playing a character constantly. Now Im more me than ever people assume things often as I live in the shadows for the most part. I bear the light to bring about a new day. And only then are they thankful I lead the way.

for me, what campbell says here is so important. do you want a respected life? or an interesting life?

I love this, as it helps me understand myself, which is hellishly difficult!

"The Center, unapproachable for ever." -William Blake

For as far as you reach with your left hand you'll be rewarded on the right, for as deep as you sink your roots into this earth your leaves will breathe in eternal light, if you be wise enough to identify with all but none along the way, the renewal of your mind will find itself in time for the wedding of night and day. -Best a luck out there!

Gold.

Very illuminating, especially for those like me who are spiritually immersed in the adversarial path. By the way, It helps me also to explain myself and to others some aspects of this dichotomy between "the right" and "the left" regarding esotericism. Thank you (and I am going to look for the complete reading that looks very interesting).

He nailed the left path that I'm on.....whoa dude!

Polar thinking is important here (per, Taoism) . Both left and right approaches to life need not be ‘either/or,’ rather, ‘both/and’ in creative tension. Never, is this a zero-sum proposition. You don’t go into space without living in a canned version of earth (note: an organism is inseparable from the environment that produced it). Two approaches, that are also one; like two sides of a snake as it swims. Each approach defines the other-something of each is in the other- in an inseparable transactional, give and take relationship.

I can never get enough of that Joseph Campbell.

I like the optimism and the hope of the left hand

This is so well explained.

Its center path all the way Find the center path follow the light There is no Left or Right

That text was amazing

According to these ideas, I was on the right hand path until 31 years of age. It had been 3 years since I flipped out and lost the order of my old life, slipping into the left hand path; losing hope and order. Chaos has become the way, any hope of order has become unfamiliar; abstract. The pain of lose was so great, I had to do something about it. I had to lose myself into wilderness. "If a man finds a good wife, he will become happy, if he finds a bad one he will become a philosopher." -Socrates The abyss looks back, gazing into my soul, it flees from me as I give chase. I am okay to suffer; I am not okay to try not to suffer. Now I need opportunity. Like a man on a sick bed, I lay on the broken glass of worthless achievement; useless. Coughing, I rise from my sweat stained pillow to allow water into this fading substance. where am I? Ah that now familiar feeling; I never do know. Why did I come to this place? What was the point? Never mind, it never matters. How delightful, a hidden gem buried here in this empty field that belongs to my forefathers... perhaps this one gem somehow justifies those who find and are unwilling to sell it. Will I be allowed to have it? It doesn't seem to me as though I have a choice but to take that which has been given to me; with gratitude. Life, life has been given to me.

These videos are fantastic. So inspirational and precisely spot on! What a fantastic guide. Thank you to whoever is uploading 🙏🏻🌷🦋

Thank you for putting this video out there! I tried to do so a few years back, but I was struck down (rightly so) because it wasn't my content. Campbell's description of the Right-Hand Path and the Left-Hand Path is extremely important. I'm glad it's finally up where it belongs. Needless to say, I will be sharing this video A LOT. Again...THANK YOU for sharing this!

So cool. I did not know about this! I definitely took the left hand path. The black sheep 🐑. Thank you 🙏 Mr. Campbell for your body of work! 🙌💚

Campbell’s lectures are so condensed and packed with complex idea, almost every sentence could be a PhD topic

Thank you Joseph Campbell. And this is something that needs to be studied and integrated into personal growth. As it's hard to understand, it's even more hard to grow. Anyway i started to not take seriously people who say I know, we know, or I am, or we are. Beacuse they are in shadow i think and most likely ideologs or left hand path people.

@:53 here he seems to indicate that there is no natural moral law. Does anybody have more information about his viewpoints on this?

Entiendo que el camino de la mano derecha es religioso y esta sujeto al dogma. En cambio, el camino de la mano izquierda es místico y esta sujeto a la experiencia.

Great videos!

God told me to stare at the sun I would able to the black portal on the sun and I can…. When he said the whole In the sun we escape through I almost cried tears of joy

Interesting watch 👍

Middle path gang, where you at?

I learn more in these short clips from Campbell than I do anywhere else.

this is a wonderful little clip that explains a lot about the Jungian concept of the self and its dualism (persona vs. anima/animus). Joe gives us so many insights and clues into the heroe's journey here. Yes, it is dangerous - but it is also "following one's bliss" and he goes on with the wise words "a realm without rules" and "your bliss is not mine", to put it another way: truth is a pathless land and you have to find your own truth, there is no general truth, no pill that fits all. To reconcile the left-hand path with Satanism requires a somewhat deeper understanding of why the ego system can perceive its own divine counterpart, the wise, as the devil - while the wise calmly replies: "from my point of view it is you who are the devil."

You follow the way of your own bliss! -LHP.

I conceive of it this way: the right hand path, the hieratic way is the way of obedience to the divine, abolition of ego. Want to be united to God (however He is conceived), until there is no I but God. The goal is the dissolution of the ego-drop in the ocean of divinity, to attain a transcendent, tranquil bliss, without independent existence, beyond all desires or attachments. The left-hand path is the infernal way, seeking power for self, rebellion against divine, ego-aggrandisement. Associated with magic and sorcery. Want to become God, until there is no God but you. The goal is to become an independent deity of one's own realm, where one is free to indulge one's desires 'play God' all one wishes (e.g. Mormonism) ‘There is no God but I and chaos is my apostle.’ Instead of the dissolution of the Self, the goal is the infinite perpetuation of the Self, and the imposition of one's own ego on others. Basically self-actualisation vs self-sacrifice. Selfishness vs selflessness.

Never heard Joe state it like this before. This IS Truth.

Really fascinating, thanks!

I would like these clips to be longer. The sound bites don’t do the deep material justice.

After reading the comments I've come to the conclusion that no one has a clue what's going on here. Everyone seems to have their own opinion, which is to be expected with philosophy but christ man you'd think someone would figure it. Doesn't seem that hard, the guy literally explains it in plain English in a 4 min clip. Idk maybe I'm missing something

Embrace no ways, that which is boundless should be boundless without associating and bounlessness. Concepts do not apply to that beyond concepts.

I’m 32, have certainly followed the left hand path all my life. Oh What stories I have to tell.. currently recovering from a second brain injury. It’s a treacherous unadvisable path to enlightenment. You may get there, but you’ll wish you had done it a different way. At least that’s what I think.

Im so glad this channel came up and I subscribed. Now my occasional youtube binge wont seem like such a waste of time.

Follow your Bliss.

Where are you now Professor Campbell?

The right hand of God (Dextera Domini "right hand of the Lord" in Latin) or God's right hand may refer to the Bible and common speech as a metaphor for the omnipotence of God and as a motif in art. In the Bible, to be at the right side "is to be identified as being in the special place of honor".

two paths that are parallel to which he is speaking are an individual's quest in life to the decision of materialism or idealism...whether your life's goal is to own as many material things as possible in this world, or to simply enjoy what life has to offer.

I’ve read and studied and taught classes on JC for over 35 years: It took me a long time to realize that it’s not a choice, as JC says here. It’s often painful and distressing and lonely to be a left handed path person. It wasn’t a choice, if it were, I would have chosen a right handed path however boring. A well worn path is easier to walk. Funny that JC life was a right handed path, education, where he could talk about and share left handed path psychology. He’s a treasure.

To realize that goodness, truth, and beauty are only here now "within", is our common birthright. How to realize this? With rigorous honesty ask: Who am I?, What is this?, and What is the "I am"? Living in "I don't know" is the creative center of being. Test this. See if it is so. Claim your birthright.

Joseph Campbell: In Memoriam. The Left Hand Path: My Path.

What a clear and simpel way of explaining the journey of individual progress !

So ma wasn't wrong when she told me to "follow your bliss."thanks for setting me on the 'right' path mom...I still miss you all these years later. Til we meet again ✨️GREEN CIRCLES ✨️

yea bringing the Private Maritime Lien connected to a dishonored Affidavit Security Agreement The Universal Peace-Warrant

There is absolutely Laws inherent in nature that govern morality and behavior. Cause and effect is one. Another way to say it is, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Authenticity💚

I've flipped out....yeah, you caught me haha.

It seems like Incongruities today, in a materialistic society nearly bereft of humanity or spirituality, or personal responsibility towards the impact ones habits may have on the other living beings on Earth and the environment, with so much strife and division and constant distractions, are more likely to lead you down a more enlightening path.

Fuck. I'm both. But more the left hand path. In fact, completely the left hand path.

All this just to deny existence of a creator and live in the delusion of "The Universe came from nothing." Atheists amuse me 🤣.

Wow. I wouldn't have thought that there are videos of him. Thanks for that!

The red pill - or the blue pill?

Left hand path speaks to me. But Dharma Nation says, the left hand path is the one of the devil. 🤔

And science has done a horrible thing by making a scared to death of dying

I found his argument statement weak in aspiring if that’s the best you got it’s not for me pal

The rule that there are no rules is a rule and the left hand path is very rule bound by nature of the fact that you have to look at the right hand path and do just the opposite. Read Joshua 1 for the escape route from this nonsense.

Also, since the convid the left is looking pretty cool.

Is there a full video for this seminar ??

The middle path. If you can balance collectivism with individualims, then you will be a man my son.

Thankyou for words from this great thinker. I used to listen to him on ABC radio about 40 yrs ago and that's how long I have lived alone. I decided to take the left hand way and have been leading an interesting life, fraught with obstacles and challenges. Living in different countries alone, travelling and surviving on little. As a single female with no partner or children I have lived a rich life and proven to myself there is another path. But it is not for everyone.

i don't know why i am watching this

I believe that there would be less left if venality did not dominate the circle... If we look back in history all human desire some sort of fidelity, either to self or an other. when a mind is wheeled by low emotional cognitive aptitude, choice revolves around ones avaricious expression... Narcissism dissociates one from the congenital nature of reality, therewith psychosis and the denial of it,,, close looping the mind causing vexation.Infidelity becomes the prominent expression leaving the sense of loss of self. Self worth exceeds all treasure. Love to ALL

الله أكبر

I love joseph campbell ❤

Disjointed, hacked up, out of context bits and pieces of Campbell"s message? The world needs, for example, the full Moyer / Campbell interviews uncut, But this foumdation is instead hacking Campbell's core messages up into tiny little disjointed hacked up bits and pieces. They are doing that as teasers to commercially monetize Campbel's work. The very nature of Campell's works must remain freely available, intact, in context, and sui- generis on a "giving foot forward" monetization model, which primarily is not the JC Foundation monetization model. Does this greedy foundation have copyrights on these works? Why can't anyone post these works up on IE. You Tube etc. free uncut unedited? For instance the full uncut Campbel / Moyers series. Why is Moyer not acting to counter this outrage? How to obtain these works intact & unedited now like when Campbell was alive without profiteering? That would be Campbell's will. The Campbell Foundation, in the guise of proliferating Campbell's body of work, is instead fragmenting it for commercial monetary motives. So aggravating! Seriously any effort to keep Campbell's work free, and free of being hacked up, and free of being exploited by the world system, then count us in. Metaphorically speaking: God was out for a stroll one day with the devil following along & imitating God. God was carrying something "he" had picked up along the way. The devil runs up and asks. "whatcha got there God?" God replies, "I got the truth." The devil then says," give it to me & I will organize it for you!". JC Foundation you need to stop "money changing on the temple steps".

Depending on the terminology of the left hand path, just defines as leaving that if the majority mainstream accepted path or that the majority claim of believe or accept as normal, though an individual could still take the left hand path with many rules and laws to live by and follow that which not be as the normal majority may see as acceptable or Normal. To characterize and analogy of such an occurrence would be those that support a females rights vs those that treated females as cattle or slaves, or also ending racism or slavery among the races thinking one race has superiority over another due to the color of the skin yet they are the same KIND. And even so, all KINDS have certain specific rights, even a dog has rights that which a Human has no right to torture a dog.. that is a part of a rule set what which I call Ancient Ways Laws, Codes, and Practices, how KINDS among the First Order of Kinds (Humans or Dragons), among the Second Order are to treat KINDLY and not abuse or torture those among the Second Order (Dogs or Cattle)..even some have a rule of a Kosher Kill as one may call such among the First Order of KINDS if to kill a Kind among the Second Order to due such for sustenance and food the Kill is to be done as quick as can be done so the Second Order Kind does not suffer and does not feel as much pain if that which can be done. Course, mainstream on Earth think Humans are the only that Exist, many, though theur are MANY First Order Kinds that Exist, Neanderthals, Dragons, Humans, etc, etc, and theur are Laws and Rules that govern that they too, the First Order Kinds are to be civilized with one another, for Laws and Rules that are to govern this for they are not to be Prejudice toward one another if one may look differently physically or even with which their diet consists whether Herbivore (Vegan), Carnivore, or Omnivore, or if the Kinds that exist among them are born Polygamists or Monogamists. Sincerely, LORD ERIC

#TIME A Rolex to my Right, a TagHeuer to my Left.. Of Course i Believe LTagHeuer.

Left in Latin languages is "Sinistra", i. e sinister, mainly due to religion. I just don't see the relevance, I suppose philosophy may come down to semantics, certainly according to Wittgenstein.

These multiple levels & contexts of ideas were later reflected in “co-ordinated management of meaning” (Cronen & Pearce?). Very useful for family therapy.

Read Aghora

Thx. Helpful vid!!!

Antinomianism , this left hand path explanation is good , but it goes deeper still when it comes to different magickal systems .

Even if someone picks a group and serves others, it is still to satisfy their self.

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This is such a naive as well as inaccurate idea of the Occult Left hand path and right hand path.

And that is "the road not taken"..

🔱AmenRaMona 🧶

You are missed Joe, yet you are both eternal and infinite, as we all are. See ya on the other side Coop!

The path and its spectrum

Experiential truths.

¡Gracias!

The Green Knight. ❤️❤️❤️

Blood. Feed me Blood.....

Preach it maestro

the way he uses Jungian anima/animus is more like Taoist yin and yang.

This is where we are now but the Indigenous peoples integrated left and right hand. Black Elk is a perfect example of that.

Woah, thaas deep