The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
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Forty years ago, renowned scholar Joseph Campbell sat down with veteran journalist Bill Moyers for a series of interviews that became one of the most enduringly popular programs ever on PBS. In dialogues that adroitly span millennia of history and far-flung geography, the two men discuss myths as metaphors for human experience and the path to transcendence, touching on topics as diverse as world religion, the virgin birth, and pop culture. Filmed at George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch and New York’s American Museum of Natural History and, this series demonstrates that, despite superficial differences between cultures, all stories are humanity’s story.
Episode 1: The Hero's Adventure
Joseph Campbell encourages the audience to discover what excites them, and to make that the basis for their personal journeys.
Episode 2: The Message of the Myth
In this episode of The Power of Myth Bill and mythologist Joseph Campbell compare creation myths from the Bible and elsewhere.
Episode 3: The First Storytellers
Joseph Campbell explains how ancient myths bring humans to understand and accept birth, growth and death.
Episode 4: Sacrafice and Bliss
Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell discuss where heroism can be witnessed in modern society.
Episode 5: Love and the Goddess
Joseph Campbell traces the beginning of love, as we think of it today, to twelfth-century troubadours.
Episode 6: Masks of Eternity
Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell discuss the common experience of God across cultures.
The Hero with A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
