“Myths do not have to do with analyzing and scientifically discovering causes. Myths have to do with relating the human being to his environment.” –Joseph Campbell

Joseph Campbell was an incredible teacher, of anthropology, humanities, mythology, and a great mystic guide to the spiritual life — the life of purpose, courage, discipline, sacrifice, legacy, and fulfillment.

If you want to unlock new levels of understanding about the world around you, make new connections between cross-cultural and interdisciplinary self-improvement studies, and begin to uncover a timeless roadmap for adventure, perpetual growth, accomplishment, and self-actualization, then I highly recommend you get a copy of his 1949 book The Hero With a Thousand Faces or the interview series (done by Bill Moyers) Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth.

He is best remembered for his distillation of the “Hero’s Journey monomyth” – a framework that traces the challenges that most epic heroes of literature, myth, religious practice, and even modern-day filmmaking must traverse — the fears, the dragons, the battles, and the return home as a changed person. Rooted in deeply personal accounts and timeless stories, the documentary Finding Joe shows how Campbell’s work continues to impact today’s world and how it provides a narrative for how to live a fully-realized life — or as Campbell would simply state, how to “follow your bliss”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjPzt9tQ2HY

A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder… fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won… the hero then returns from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.

Below are several of Campbell’s lectures that I can make available here[hide_from accesslevel=”heroes”]

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Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth

Part I:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUMpK8AGIFg

The Mythology of Star Wars:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xnUz00oifE

I HIGHLY, highly recommend this full 6-part series, you can purchase the full DVD set here.

Mythos series

Part 1: Psyche and Symbol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bny-U3XlqxY

Part 2: The Spirit Land

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uLgxgnn9oA

Part 3: On Being Human

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i7z5BrIbxQ

Part 4: From Goddesses to God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLbB4l1LCgk

Part 5: The Mystical Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSG6QlL2YHg

Part 6: The Inward Path

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnKyIScrzOU

Part 7: The Enlightened One

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMvTCFkn0yU

Part 8: Our Eternal Selves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubAADs6Uato

Part 9: The Way to Illumination

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmuffA8wkYQ

Part 10: The Experience of God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfzQaonRdIw

Part 11: Love as the Guide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPUWbgXnjuE

Part 12: The Path of the Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_pMPgU-Fu4

Part 13: Beyond Space and Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1lSZQnbxOY

Part 14: Between Pairs of Opposites

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap1Vz5T3e6s

Part 15: Into the Well of Myth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVGF4cdKgjM

 

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