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This DVD set compiles all six parts of the landmark Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth series that appeared on PBS in 1991. In the series, Campbell undertook the massive task of conveying the story of human imagination throughout time. His focus was on the power of myth, namely the stories and legends passed down through the ages that attempt to explain the universe and humankind's place within it. Hosted by Bill Moyers, the program received critical acclaim and is reproduced in full in this set from Mystic ...
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This DVD set compiles all six parts of the landmark Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth series that appeared on PBS in 1991. In the series, Campbell undertook the massive task of conveying the story of human imagination throughout time. His focus was on the power of myth, namely the stories and legends passed down through the ages that attempt to explain the universe and humankind's place within it. Hosted by Bill Moyers, the program received critical acclaim and is reproduced in full in this set from Mystic Fire. The six segments include Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth: The Hero's Journey, Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth: The Message of the Myth, Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth: The First Storytellers, Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth: Sacrifice and Bliss, Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth: Love and the Goddess, and Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth: Masks of Eternity. DVD extras include an interview with George Lucas on mythology, art galleries, chapter indexes, biographies, bibliographies, videography, web links, selections from Sukhavati: Place of Bliss -- A Mythic Journey with Joseph Campbell and closed-captioning.
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Special Features

An interview with George Lucas about Mythology; Power of Myth art gallery, videographies
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Renowned teacher and storyteller Joseph Campbell joins Bill Moyers in this acclaimed series exploring the meaning myths have in our daily lives. Each of the six episodes --"The Hero's Adventure," "The Message of the Myth," "The First Storytellers," "Sacrifice and Bliss," "Love and the Goddess," and "Masks of Eternity" -- focuses on a character or theme found in mythologies of various cultures and religions. In his lively discussions with Moyers, Campell argues eloquently that these timeless archetypes continue to exert a powerful pull on our unconscious.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 10/2/2001
  • UPC: 715098764627

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  • Source: Mystic Fire Video
  • Aspect Ratio: Pre-1954 Standard (1.33.1)
  • Sound: Closed-captioned
  • Language: English
  • Time: 6:00:00
  • Format: DVD

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Joseph Campbell Interviewee
George Lucas Interviewee
Technical Credits
Bill Moyers Interviewer
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Scene Index

Side #1 -- Disc One
0. The Hero's Adventure
0. Scene Selections
1. Bill Moyers Introduction [2:08]
2. The Hero with a Thousand Faces [1:54]
3. Initiation Ritual [2:04]
4. Celtic Myths [1:07]
5. Vietnam War [:52]
6. Prometheus - The Fire Theft [:57]
7. Monster Slaying [:30]
8. Moses - Buddha - Christ [2:36]
9. Mohammad [1:38]
10. Transformation of Consciousness [:31]
11. Campbell's Childhood Heroes [19:17]
12. Mythology of the Dragon [1:02]
13. Carl Gustav Jung [2:34]
14. The Soul's High Adventure [1:34]
15. A Quiet Place in Yourself [2:28]
16. What is Consciousness? [4:23]
17. Chartres Cathedral [4:30]
18. A Mythology of the Planet [4:08]
0. The Message of the Myth
0. Scene Selections
1. Bill Moyers Introduction
2. Why Myth?
3. An Experience of Being Alive
4. About God
5. Shiva Cave at Elephanta
6. The Garden of Paradise
7. Creation Myths
8. The Divine Presence
9. The One Forbidden Thing
10. Burmese Snake Priestess
11. Woman the Temptress
12. Eternity
13. The Boddhisattva
14. James Joyce
15. Samurai Story
16. Metaphor
17. The Thomas Gospel & Buddhism
18. The Upanishads
19. Vices & Virtues
20. Star Wars
21. Eisenhower & Computer
22. Functions of Myth
23. A Story of Indra
24. Sat Chit Ananda
0. The First Storytellers
0. Scene Selections
1. Bill Moyers Introduction
2. What Our Souls Owe to Ancient Myth
3. Myths That Have Helped Campbell in His Life
4. Early Mythological Thinking
5. Pre-historic Gravesites
6. The Hunters
7. The Bear Sacrifice of the Ainu
8. The Pacific Northwest
9. The Story of the Buffalo's Wife
10. The Slaughter of the Buffalo
11. The Caves of Lascaux
12. Chartres Cathedral
13. The Initiation of Boys into the Hunt
15. The Pygmies Initiation Rites
16. Female Rites
17. A Society Without a Mythology
18. Transforming Myths
19. Artists & Writers Keep the Myth Alive
20. The Shamans
21. Bushmen in Trance
22. Black Elk Speaks
Side #2 -- Disc Two
0. Sacrifice and Bliss
0. Scene Selections
1. Bill Moyers Introduction [1:41]
2. A Sacred Place [2:03]
3. The Bushmen - Hunters & Gatherers [3:41]
4. From Hunting to Planting [2:17]
5. An Algonquin Story [1:22]
6. A Polynesian Story [2:47]
7. New Guinea Ritual [2:14]
8. The Sacrifice of the Mass [1:15]
9. The Two Trees in the Garden [2:43]
10. The Sacrificial Ballgame of the Mayan [:59]
11. The Iroquis Sacrifice [1:22]
12. The Jesus Dance [:48]
13. The Lord of Death Is the Lord of Sex [:39]
14. The Head Hunt of Indonesia [:52]
15. Schopenhauer - The Sacrifice of Oneself for the Other [5:23]
16. The Sacrifice of Motherhood [:42]
17. Marriage - Sacrifice to the Relationship [2:52]
18. About Death [1:33]
19. The Message of the Myth [:44]
20. Sir Gawain & the Green Knight [5:05]
21. Nietzsche - The Three [2:33]
22. Transformations of the Spirit [2:11]
23. To Follow Your Bliss [:47]
24. The Wheel of Fortune [6:47]
25. Sat Chit Ananda
0. Love and the Goddess
0. Scene Selections
1. Bill Moyers Introduction [1:19]
2. The Troubadours [:55]
3. Love as Eros [1:08]
4. Agape - Christian Love [1:08]
5. Traditional Marriage [:53]
6. Tristan and Isode [3:16]
7. Libido Over Credo [2:22]
8. The Holy Grail [4:18]
9. God Is Love [:30]
10. Satan's Fall [2:27]
11. Love Your Enemies [1:03]
12. Tibet [2:53]
13. Abelard [1:57]
14. The Goddess [1:11]
15. The Mother Goddess [4:07]
16. A Vedic Story [1:39]
17. Our Mother [1:15]
18. Warrior Gods [2:17]
19. The Virgin Mother [1:13]
20. Kundalini [4:33]
21. Isis and Osiris [5:12]
22. Madonna and Child [2:11]
23. Male and Female - Yin and Yang [3:51]
24. The Inner Reaches of Outer Space [3:21]
0. Masks of Eternity
0. Scene Selections
1. Bill Moyers Introduction [1:52]
2. Participation in Divinity [2:49]
3. The Experience of Being Alive [1:58]
4. In the East the Gods Are Elemental [1:17]
5. About Jesus [3:09]
6. Do You Believe in a Personal God? [1:40]
7. What Is Religion? [:32]
8. Jung - The Circle [4:49]
9. The Pollen Path of the Navajo [1:20]
10. Tibetan Sand Mandala [1:12]
11. Archetypes of the Unconscious [1:12]
12. Elementary Ideas [2:15]
13. The Trickster [2:24]
14. The Image of God Is Your Basic Obstruction [2:37]
15. Maslow - Peak Experience [2:02]
16. Joyce - Epiphanies [1:49]
17. The Sublime [3:08]
18. The Buddhas - Peaceful and Wrathful [:54]
19. The Experience of the Eternal [3:50]
20. Schopenhauer - The Compound Order of Life [2:35]
21. Follow Your Bliss [1:37]
22. Shiva - Lord of the Dance [2:08]
23. Metaphors [:59]
24. Aum [5:16]
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Menu

Side #1 -- Disc One
   Play Episodes
      Play Episode
      Play Feature
      Play Feature
         Australian Aboriginal Rites
   Special Features
      Interview with George Lucas
      Art Gallery
         The Hero's Adventure
            Human Fetus - Photograph
            Monster Slaying Rock Carving - Aboriginal
            Moses by Chagall
            Buddha with Disciples
            Christ with Disciples by Pontormo
            Crucifixion by Tintoretto
            Temptation of Christ by de Flandes
            Purification of Leper by Botticelli
            Temptation of Buddha
            Buddha Under Tree
            Temptation of Buddha
            St. George and the Dragon by Raphael
            Dragon Delivering Angelica by Ingress
            Liberation of Andromeda by di Cosimo
            Chinese Dragon
            Planet Earth - Photograph
         The Message of the Myth
            Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo - Detail
            Creator of Planets by Michelangelo
            Head of Shiva on the Island of Elephanta, India
            Paradise by Rubens
            Adam and Eve by Codice
            Adam and Eve in Paradise by Cranach
            Eve Tempted by Serpent by Cranach - Detail
            Salome Dancing by Moreau
            Olympia by Manet
            Garden of Earthly Delights by Bosch - Detail
            Boddhisattvas
            Kabuki Scene by Ho Ku Sho
            Assumption of the Virgin by Titian
         The First Storytellers
            Details from the Lascaux Caves (1)
            Details from the Lascaux Caves (2)
            Details from the Lascaux Caves (3)
            Details from the Lascaux Caves (4)
            Details from the Lascaux Caves (5)
            Details from the Lascaux Caves (6)
            Details from the Lascaux Caves (7)
            Details from the Lascaux Caves (8)
            Details from the Lascaux Caves (9)
            Details from the Lascaux Caves (10)
            Buffalo Drum - The Plains Indians
            Salmon - Pacific Northwest Indians
            South African Cave Painting
            Totems - Pacific Northwest (1)
            Totems - Pacific Northwest (2)
            Totems - Pacific Northwest (3)
            Totems - Pacific Northwest (4)
            Stained Glass Chartres Cathedral (1)
            Stained Glass Chartres Cathedral (2)
            Shamans (1)
            Shamans (2)
            Shamans (3)
            Shamans (4)
            Shamans (5)
      Biographies: Joseph Campbell
      Biographies: Bill Moyers
      Bibliographies: Joseph Campbell
      Bibliographies: Bill Moyers
      Weblinks
   About This DVD
      Production Credits
Side #2 -- Disc Two
   Play Episodes
      Play Episode
      Play Episode
      Play Episode
   Special Features
      Selections from Sukhavati: Place of Bliss
         Invocation
         Archetypes of the Unconscious
         Amitabha's Paradise
      Art Gallery
         Sacrifice and Bliss
            Stained Glass - Tree of Jesus
            Crucifician by Durer
            Fall and Expulsion - Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo
            The Ball Game - Mayan (1)
            The Ball Game - Mayan (2)
            The Ball Game - Mayan (3)
            The Ball Game - Mayan (4)
            The Ball Game - Mayan (5)
            The Ball Game - Mayan (6)
            The Ball Game - Mayan (7)
            The Ball Game - Mayan (8)
            Wheel of Fortune
         Love and Goddess
            Venus and Adonis by Rubens
            Parnassus by Mategna
            Glatea by Raphael
            Judgement of Paris by Cranach
            Kama Aims His Bow at Radha - Indian
            Paolo and Franchesea by Dye
            Love Letters by Fragonard
            La Bala Bougival by Renoir
            The Embrace by Schiele
            Meditation by Picasso
            The Birthday by Marc Chagall
            Angels Carrying the Grail
            Alchemical Image of the Earth as Mother by Michael Maier
            Chakra Picture - Indian (1)
            Chakra Picture - Indian (2)
            Madonna with Christ Child - Chartres
            Yin Yang Symbol
         Masks of Eternity
            The Labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral
            Kali Attacking Nisumbha - Indian
            Boddhisattva Avolokteshvara - Indian
            Vishnu Attacking Demons - Indian
            Cycladic Bowl with Spirals - Greek
            Rose Window Chartres Cathedral
            Buffalo Robe - Native American
            Aztec Calendar Stone
            Konarak Temple Wheel - Indian
            Amitabha in Paradise - Tibetan
            Mahakala - Tibetan
            Manjushri - Tibetan
            Shiva Nataraj - Indian
      Joseph Campbell - Selected Videography
      Weblinks
   About This DVD
      Production Credits
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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    Joseph has a fantastic way of sharing what he has learned over many years about Myth..

    Highly recommended for anyone who has an interest in Myths..how they came to be, their purpose and how they are of use and influence in the modern world.. He makes the connections of the past with today in an understandable way... I love his material and his presentations.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Powerful, inspiring, significant, ...all in (1) package

    This 6 Part Series made for PBS has changed my life forever. The knowledge that Joseph Campbell brings to this discussion is immeasurable. His pure passion, pleasure, and readiness to recapitulate his love for and then to willfully share his knowledge of the subjects in question …is over the top!!! Mr. Campbell brilliantly manifest’s an answer or at least ponders a possible theory for each and every question Bill Moyers decisively bombards him about. All I could do was watch and learn. The pleasurable part was that nothing was implied… it was discussed. Amazing!!! Bravo!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    The Amazing Joseph Campbell really delivers

    This DVD set has been one of the smartest purchases I have ever made, in fact, I have now given away both my gift copy and my personal one so I have to order a few more. The wealth of Joseph Campbell's knowledge, compassion and zeal for life is so motivational and inspiring. I was fortunate enough to meet him in my early 20's so this audio visual presentation of his theories and philosophies is very dear to my heart. The idea of myth being an integral part of our daily lives and a link for all humanity gives me great comfort in this crazy world!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Recommended for Expanding the Mind

    Joseph Campbell was a unique and gifted man. He has contributed many useful and insightful teachings to our culture. Although his work can be dry and highly dense to the initiate, as I once was, in time, with repeated viewing I was given the opportunity to grow, learn, and understand the world as it is, with its beauties as well as its horrors, so as to more thoroughly engage in the human experience. It takes time to become the person we all wish we could be. And, for me at least, this series has helped me realize things about myself that I would not otherwise have learned and been exposed to.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    A spiritual translation for the world of religion

    Like a favorite song, you'll watch it over and over, gleaning something from it you hadn't found before. Each 'epiphany' will reveal new ways to understand everything you thought you new about religion and your spiritual existance. We live in a world much larger than what's been revealed to us through our own 'myths' and 'rituals'. This goes in depth in how to understand and assimilate that fact.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    A FIRE IN THE MIND

    Campbell has inspired a burning zeal for knowledge in my life! VIVA JOSEPH CAMPBELL!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Very boring, very dry.

    I was expecting more of a documentary that would be interesting and entertaining. This was deffinetly not what I was expecting.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Joseph Campbell changed my life forever!!

    I remember years ago friends and I getting together to watch Bill Moyers interview this genius of a man. His interpretations of why Mythologies exist in our lives changed my life forever! Anyone who is a thinker and has questions about this thing called life! should definetly view these videos.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Wonderful insights into life and the interconnectedness of humanity!

    Joseph Campbell was one of the giants in the field of mythology, amassing a formidable amount of facts from all over the world. The enthusiasm with which he addresses every facet of this, his lifelong work is compelling...a joy to behold. A master of storytelling, Campbell brings life to the myths, while quietly making sure that the moral to the story is not lost. Christian, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, Pagan...are all addressed in this impactful series, the underlying themes and threads that connect us all are held up to the light, so that seeing, we may begin to understand not only ourselves, not only others...but the very essence of what life is about. These lessons ought to be in the hands of every child...and every adult.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    The Power of the Power of Myth

    I watched this amazing interview when it first aired and am still held in awe by its scope. A dynamic and captivating interview that speaks volumes. THE definitive guide to myth intellegently discussed in an easy-to-grasp form. A must-see for anyone who has ever looked at the stars and looked at themselves and wondered about our place on this world.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    ''Blissfully'' Enlightening

    Joseph Campbell was revolutionary once and still today, can open a new consciousness for many. He discovered and followed his ''bliss'' and in so doing, gave others the tools and desire to search for their own meanings in myths and a challenge to create new myths that can speak to us today.

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