Jospeh Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers (6 videos)
October 27, 2008Jospeh Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers: Program One: The Hero’s Adventure
Call Number: VHS00122
by Joseph Campbell; Joan Konner; Alvin H Perlmutter; Catherine Tatge; Vera Aronow; David Grubin; Bill D Moyers; Richard Peaslee; Apostrophe S Productions.; Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc.; Public Affairs Television (Firm); Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.); WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.); Mystic Fire Video, Inc.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: New York : Mystic Fire Video, [1988],
Notes: Originally aired in 1988 ( Each 60 mins.)
Summary: Six one-hour interviews by Bill Moyers with the renowned mythologist Joseph Campbell.
Video 1 – The Hero’s Adventure: Tales of heroic adventures are an integral part of all world cultures. Campbell challenges everyone to see the presence of a heroic journey in his or her own life.
Video 2 – The Message of the Myth: Campbell compares the creation stories in Genesis with creation stories from around the world. Because the world changes, religion has to be transformed and new mythologies created. People today are stuck with old metaphors and myths that don’t fit their needs.
Video 3 – The First Storytellers: Campbell discusses the importance of accepting death as rebirth as in the myth of the buffalo and the story of Christ, the rite of passage in primitive societies, the role of mystical Shamans, and the decline of ritual in today’s society.
Video 4 – Sacrifice and Bliss: Campbell discusses the role of sacrifice in myth, which symbolizes the necessity for rebirth. He also talks about the significance of sacrifice — in particular, a mother’s sacrifice for her child, and the sacrifice to the relationship in marriage — and stresses the need for every one of us to find our sacred place in the midst of today’s fast-paced, technological world.
Video 5 – Love and the Goddess: Campbell talks about romantic love, beginning with the 12th century troubadours, and addresses questions about the image of woman — as goddess, virgin and Mother Earth.
Video 6 – Masks of Eternity: The last of six one-hour interviews by Bill Moyers with the renowned mythologist Joseph Campbell. Calling the many images of God the masks of eternity, Campbell provides challenging insights into the concepts of God, religion and eternity, as revealed in Christian teachings and the beliefs of Buddhists, Navajo Indians, Schopenhauer, Jung and others
OCLC #: 34999450; 29066401; 29066758; 29066687; 29066612; 35003422
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
