The Power of Myth

S01E01 The Hero's Adventure

June 21, 1988 58 min

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...

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S01E02 The Message of the Myth

June 22, 1988 60 min

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...

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S01E03 The First Storytellers

June 23, 1988 60 min

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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S01E04 The Mythology of Star Wars

June 28, 1988 60 min

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S01E05 Sacrifice and Bliss

June 24, 1988 60 min

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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S01E06 Love and the Goddess

June 25, 1988 60 min

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...

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S01E07 Masks of Eternity

June 26, 1988 60 min

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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S01E08 Sukhavati - Place of Bliss

June 28, 1988 60 min

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