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At first you might find that nothing happens there. But if you have a sacred space and use it, eventually something will happen. Your sacred space is where you find yourself again and again.

Joseph Campbell

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Joseph Campbell
Age: 83 †
Born: 1904
Born: March 26
Died: 1987
Died: October 30
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Anthropologist
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Ethnologist
Historian
Historian Of Religion
Lecturer
Mythologist
Orator
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Short Story Writer
White Plains
New York
Joseph John Campbell
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