“This thing up here, this consciousness, thinks it's running the shop. It's a secondary organ.”

— Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

Episode 1, Chapter 12
The Power of Myth (1988)
Context: This thing up here, this consciousness, thinks it's running the shop. It's a secondary organ. It's a secondary organ of a total human being, and it must not put itself in control. It must submit and serve the humanity of the body.

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American mythologist, writer and lecturer 1904–1987

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