The Power of Myth

Season 1 Episode 3: The First Storytellers

Campbell discusses the importance of accepting death as rebirth as in the myth of the buffalo and the story of Christ, the rite of passage in primitive societies, the role of mystical Shamans, and the decline of ritual in today's society. 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.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

6

Cast:

Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers

Quality:

HD

Duration:

60 min

First Air:

1988

Rating:

7.1