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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...
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Season 1

  • The Hero's Adventure
    8.1/1062 votes
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    The Hero's Adventure

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/21/1988

    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.

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  • The Message of the Myth
    8.2/1043 votes
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    The Message of the Myth

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/22/1988

    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.

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  • The First Storytellers
    7.9/1039 votes
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    The First Storytellers

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/23/1988

    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.

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  • Sacrifice and Bliss
    7.8/1038 votes
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    Sacrifice and Bliss

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/24/1988

    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.

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  • Love and the Goddess
    7.9/1040 votes
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    Love and the Goddess

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/25/1988

    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).

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  • Masks of Eternity
    8.0/1039 votes
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    Masks of Eternity

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/26/1988

    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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