# A Joseph Campbell Companion  ## Metadata - Author: [[Joseph Campbell]] - Full Title: A Joseph Campbell Companion - Category: #books ## Highlights - That idea of the wife being the one that shapes a life for you is one that I took to heart, and it's a good idea. The woman is the energy, the śakti, of life. The male must learn to ride on that energy and not dictate the life. I'm certain of that. He is the vehicle of the woman's energy. That’s what he is. When the male won’t disintegrate, you do not have a marriage. You have a living-together, perhaps, for practical or erotic reasons, but a marriage requires the dissolution of the male initiative. ([Location 562](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B005HFL3MW&location=562))