Podcast: Joseph Campbell and the First Storytellers

November 20, 2012

Listen in as Bill Moyers and mythologist Joseph Campbell discuss the importance of accepting death as rebirth as in the myth of the buffalo and the story of Christ, rites of passage in

primitive societies, the role of mystical Shamans, and the decline of ritual in today’s society.

Released in 1988, The Power of Myth was one of the most popular TV series in the history of public television, and continues to inspire new audiences.

 

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