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The Power of Myth

All Episodes 1988

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  • 1988-06-21T04:00:00Z
  • 1h
  • 6h (6 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Public Affairs Television + 2 more, Apostrophe S Productions, Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc.
  • Documentary
The Power of Myth is a television series originally broadcast on PBS in 1988 as Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth. The documentary comprises six one-hour conversations between mythologist Joseph Campbell and journalist Bill Moyers.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

1988-06-21T04:00:00Z

1x01 The Hero's Adventure

Series Premiere

1x01 The Hero's Adventure

  • 1988-06-21T04:00:00Z1h

About Campbell, hero types, hero deeds, Jesus Christ, the Buddha, Krishna, movie heroes, Star Wars as a metaphor, an Iroquois story: the refusal of suitors, dragons, dreams and Jungian psychology, “follow your bliss,” consciousness in plants, Gaia, Chartres cathedral, spirituality vs. economics, emerging myths, “Earthrise” as a symbol.

1988-06-22T04:00:00Z

1x02 The Message of the Myth

1x02 The Message of the Myth

  • 1988-06-22T04:00:00Z1h

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: “What a great boy am I!,” participation in society.

1988-06-23T04:00:00Z

1x03 The First Storytellers

1x03 The First Storytellers

  • 1988-06-23T04:00:00Z1h

Animal memories, harmonization with body and life-cycle, consciousness vs. its vehicle, killing for food, story: “The Buffalo's Wife,” buffalo massacre, initiation ritual, rituals diminishing, crime increasing, artists, the Shaman, the center of the world.

1988-06-24T04:00:00Z

1x04 Sacrifice and Bliss

1x04 Sacrifice and Bliss

  • 1988-06-24T04:00:00Z1h

Chief Seattle, the sacred Earth, agricultural renewal, human sacrifice, sacrifice of the Mass, transcendence of death, story: “The Green Knight,” societal dictates vs. following bliss, “hidden hands” guiding life's work.

1988-06-25T04:00:00Z

1x05 Love and the Goddess

1x05 Love and the Goddess

  • 1988-06-25T04:00:00Z1h

The Troubadours, Eros, romantic love, Tristan, libido vs. credo, separation from love, Satan, loving your enemy, the Crucifixion as atonement, virgin birth, the story of Isis, Osiris and Horus, the Madonna, the Big Bang, the correlation between the earth or mother Goddess and images of fertility (the sacred feminine).

1988-06-26T04:00:00Z

1x06 Masks of Eternity

1x06 Masks of Eternity

  • 1988-06-26T04:00:00Z1h

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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