Reply #13: The Power of Myth - If interested in the videos...

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The first is The Heroe's Adventure from wiki: hero types, hero deeds, Jesus Christ, the Buddha, 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
http://www.mevio.com/episode/92858/the-power-of-myth-with-joseph-cambell

Second The Message of the Myth from wiki: 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 http://www.mevio.com/episode/92994/insane-films-joseph-campbell-and-the-power

Third The First Storytellers from wiki: 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
http://www.mevio.com/episode/93245/insane-films-joseph-campbell-and-the-power

Fourth Sacrifice and Bliss from wiki: 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
http://www.mevio.com/episode/93808/insane-films-the-power-of-myth-part

Fifth Love and the Goddess from TV.com: the role of sacrifice in mythology. He points out that virtually all cultures have used sacrifice at one time or another, and that it has almost always been voluntary on the part of the victim. He uses this concept to explore the nature of life in the face of death, in the primitive world and today.
http://www.mevio.com/episode/94777/insane-films-joseph-campbell-and-the-power

Sixth The Masks of Eternity from TV.com: This final hour is filmed in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, unlike the rest which were filmed at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch. Campbell uses images from art history to demonstrate the concept of spiritual unity giving birth to the world of duality. Also, he demonstrates the knowledge that ancient peoples had that their images were not the god itself, but only a mask which was used to make the transcendent visible. He describes the failure of reading metaphor as fact, and mistaking the mask for the real thing, and how this tendency has shaped the world around us.
http://www.mevio.com/episode/95710/insane-films-the-power-of-myth-part