Customer Review: In 1986, journalist Bill Moyers sat down with mythologist Joseph Campbell for a series of interviews taped at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch. The sessions, which aired on PBS in '88 (see Bill Moyers Remembers Joseph Campbell), introduced Campbell's transcendental wisdom to a wide audience for the... more info
Customer Review: Joseph Campbell delves into an archeology of mythology by taking us back to the first storytellers, our hunter and gatherer ancestors. He also draws from the few remaining hunter-gatherer societies to complete his presentation. The myths from these ancient societies served to harmonize the life... more info
Customer Review: I have loved this series for years. What an education! Teacher, writer, wise man Joseph Campbell is interviewed by Bill Moyers (PBS) and asked all kinds of questions about myths, Gods, Goddesses, spirituality, and the religions of the world. Campbell seems to understand the threads of commonality in... more info
Customer Review: Joseph Campbell is a Guru. No matter who you are or what your interests you will be blown away and in awe as he speaks.
Myths boil down to more than the common connotation of old fairy tales. They are like universal human engrams we don't create. They are within us. They are part of all humanity... more info
Customer Review: A hero is, "someone who has found or achieved or done something beyond the normal range of achievement and experience." Campbell goes on to illuminate the hero sequence, loosely explained here as: departure (from the comfortable range of experience); trials (transformation of consciousness and... more info
Customer Review: This is the fifth tape in the Joseph Campbell's the Power of Myth series. It contains two subjects. The first is "Love" describing the emergence of the concept of "love between two people" which explains the above statement that in an eye to eye meeting that makes each welcome to the heart.... more info
Customer Review: In this video Campbell focusses more directly on issues of life and death and how they play out in primitive mythologies. Once again he displays a well honed and educated intuition in doing this. One thing that really came to the forefront for me in this video, is an issue that has disturbed me... more info
Customer Review: The Mythos series is an exceptional production of lectures delivered by Campbell probably in the early 80's to groups of students. He is utterly captivating in his presentation content and style. To Campbell, myth is the body talking to the conscious mind (not explanation for cosmic events as is... more info
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