Joseph Campbell and Comparative Religions

In the beginning there was darkness. Then there was light. Then there was
consciousness. Then there were questions and then there was religion. Religions
sprouted up all over the world as a response to some of humanity's most troubling
questions and fears. Why are we here? Where do we come from? Why does the world
and nature act as it does? What happens when you die?
Religions tended to answer all these questions with stories of gods and goddesses
and other supernatural forces that were beyond the understanding of humans. Magic, in
it's essence, were the powers wielded by thes…