Looking for Joseph Campbell's quote about entering the forest

[Big Mike]

Does anyone out there have the quote that Joseph Campbell mentions about
the knights seeing a vision of the Grail, and deciding to mount a quest
for the Grail and each man finding unto himself his own path into the
forest. And each man went into the forest where there was no path for it
would be considered cowardly to take a path that was chosen before.

It goes something like that. I can't find it in my books.

Thanks!

[bert_...@my-deja.com]

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I don't have Campbell's books on hand, but I have viewed the video taped
series of lectures he gave on the topic, "Transformations of Myth
Through Time". In the segment "Where There Was No Path: Arthurian
Legends and the Western Way", Campbell discusses at length the Quest del
Saint Graal, in which at a feast in Arthur's court Arthur says an
adventure must be taken on. The Grail appears and Gawain proposes the
quest. All agree, but they also agree that "...it would be a disgrace
to go in a group. Each knight entered the forest of adventure at his
own chosen point, where there was no path. Anytime someone follows
another's path, they go astray."

These lectures were a lot of fun to watch. Though filmed, they were
before a live audience and Campbell's sense of humor was evident
throughout the whole series. The above isn't exactly what you're after
I know, but it may spur someone's memory of which page numbers to dig
for in the actual texts.

Bert Olton

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> In the segment "Where There Was No Path: Arthurian
> Legends and the Western Way", Campbell discusses at length the Quest del
> Saint Graal, in which at a feast in Arthur's court Arthur says an
> adventure must be taken on. The Grail appears and Gawain proposes the
> quest. All agree, but they also agree that "...it would be a disgrace
> to go in a group. Each knight entered the forest of adventure at his
> own chosen point, where there was no path. Anytime someone follows
> another's path, they go astray."

Not quite the same quote, but the same idea is the English
Translation by P M Matarasso 'The Quest of the Holy Grail' Penguin
Classics 1969 (ISBN 0-14-044220-0) at the bottom of page 52, top of page 53.

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