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Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers
The First Storytellers
Season 1
Episode 103
Joseph Campbell explains how ancient myths bring humans to understand and accept birth, growth and death.
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58:06
Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell discuss the common experience of God across cultures.
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58:09
Campbell traces the beginning of love, as we think of it today, to 12th century troubadours.
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56:35
Moyers and Campbell discuss where heroism can be witnessed in modern society.
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56:28
Moyers and Campbell compare creation myths from the Bible and elsewhere.
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58:37
Joseph Campbell encourages the audience to discover what excites them.