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Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth

Season 1 Episode 3: The First Storytellers

Animal memories, harmonization with body and life-cycle, consciousness vs. its vehicle, killing for food, buffalo massacre, initiation ritual, rituals diminishing, crime increasing, artists, the Shaman, the center of the world.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Hero's Adventure

1. The Hero's Adventure

Aired: Jun 21, 1988

Hero types and deeds, movie heroes, dragons, dreams and Jungian psychology, c...

Episode 4 Sacrifice and Bliss

4. Sacrifice and Bliss

Aired: Jun 24, 1988

Chief Seattle, the sacred Earth, agricultural renewal, human sacrifice, sacri...

Episode 5 Love and the Goddess

5. Love and the Goddess

Aired: Jun 25, 1988

Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell discuss the origins of love and the different...

Episode 6 Masks of Eternity

6. Masks of Eternity

Aired: Jun 26, 1988

Identifying with the infinite, the circle as a symbol, clowns and masks, epip...

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Info about Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth

Current Status: Ended

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary