Basic Info

First Air: June 21, 1988

Rating: ⭐ 7.1/10 (19 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Last Episode

Name: Masks of Eternity

Season: 1, Episode: 6

Air Date: 1988-06-26

Runtime: 60 min

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. 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.

Videos

Joseph Campbell on The God Within (Vimeo)

The Power of Myth

1988 1 seasons 6 episodes ⭐ 7.1/10 19 votes

Overview

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 six one-hour conversations between mythologist Joseph Campbell and journalist Bill Moyers.