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Oct. 30:Joseph Campbell

Joseph John Campbell was an American mythologist, writer, and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human experience.  Wikipedia Born :  March 26, 1904,  White Plains, New York, United States Died :  October 30, 1987,  Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Monomyth :  The Hero's Journey TV shows :  The Power of Myth ,  Mythos Quotes We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls. “Sit in a room and read--and read and read. 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.” ―from THE POWER OF MYTH by Joseph Cam...

Sep. 20: Upton Sinclair,

Upton Sinclair Jr. was an American writer who wrote nearly one hundred books and other works in several genres. Sinclair's work was well known and popular in the first half of the twentieth century, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943. Wikipedia Born :  September 20, 1878,  Baltimore, Maryland, United States Died :  November 25, 1968,  Bound Brook, New Jersey, United States Movies :  There Will Be Blood ,  The Jungle ,  The Wet Parade ,  MORE Spouse :  Mary Elizabeth Hard Willis  (m. 1961–1967),  Mary Craig Sinclair  (m. 1913–1961),  Meta Fuller  (m. 1900–1911) Upton Sinclair looked to use his book, "The Jungle," published in 1906, to expose the harsh conditions imposed on workers in Chicago's stockyards and meatpacking district. “They were trying to save their souls- and who but a fool could fail to see that all that was the matter with their souls was that th...