• 1988
  • 6h
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth

Summary Mythologist Joseph Campbell presents his ideas about comparative mythology and the ongoing role of myth in human society. View more details

  • 1988
  • 6h

Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : George Lucas Bill Moyers Joseph Campbell

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8.8

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jun 20, 1988

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Alvin H. Perlmutter Public Affairs Television

Summary Mythologist Joseph Campbell presents his ideas about comparative mythology and the ongoing role of myth in human society. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jun 20, 1988

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Alvin H. Perlmutter Public Affairs Television

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jun 20, 1988
The Hero's Adventure
Hero types and deeds, movie heroes, dragons, dreams and Jungian psychology, consciousness in plants, Gaia, Chartres cathedral, spirituality vs. economics, emerging myths, "Earthrise" as a symbol.
Episode 2 • Jun 21, 1988
The Message of the Myth
Creation myths, transcending duality, pairs of opposites, God vs. Nature, sin, morality, participation in sorrow, the Gospel of Thomas, Old Time Religion, computers, religion as "software," the story of Indra, participation in society.
Episode 3 • Jun 22, 1988
The First Storytellers
Animal memories, harmonization with body and life-cycle, consciousness vs. its vehicle, killing for food, buffalo massacre, initiation ritual, rituals diminishing, crime increasing, artists, the Shaman, the center of the world.
Episode 4 • Jun 23, 1988
Sacrifice and Bliss
Chief Seattle, the sacred Earth, agricultural renewal, human sacrifice, sacrifice of the Mass, transcendence of death, societal dictates vs. following bliss, "hidden hands" guiding life's work.
Episode 5 • Jun 24, 1988
Love and the Goddess
Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell discuss the origins of love and the different kinds of love, along with the manifestation and incarnation of the goddess in earthly females as the creators of life.
Episode 6 • Jun 25, 1988
Masks of Eternity
Identifying with the infinite, the circle as a symbol, clowns and masks, epiphanies and James Joyce, artistic arrest, the monstrous as sublime, the dance of Shiva, that which is beyond words.
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