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Yeah, I read them when I was 20 or so, and I looked at them recently and wondered how the hell I pulled that off. No way I understood very much, but the big theme is clear enough, isn't it? Stories repeat. A simple idea that Campbell spent the rest of his life unpacking, so I guess it's also a very complex idea.
But mostly it was being shown the difference between the occidental and oriental approach to the big questions which made me rethink everything. That was brand new to me. It's not like a grew up around a lot of Buddhists.
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