The Power of Myth

Name: The Power of Myth
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1988-06-21
Rating: 7.143
Cast: Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers

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

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StatusEnded

First AiredJune 21, 1988

Last AiredJune 26, 1988

Seasons1

Episodes6

TypeMiniseries

Origin CountryUnited States

Original LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

Keywords

christianity buddhism mythology psychology interview folk hero hinduism god miniseries storytelling egyptian mythology ancient civilization rebirth comparative religion scholar

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Apostrophe S Productions Public Affairs Television Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc.

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Last Episode

S1 E6 • 6/26/1988

Masks of Eternity

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.