Joseph Campbell
Kieran Kinsella
The late great American writer Joseph Campbell spent the best part of his life studying the origins of myths and religions from various parts of the World. Campbell was fascinated with the “one great story’ of humanity as told through the symbols and traditions of Asians, Europeans, Native Americans and other people from the darkest reaches of the globe. As you might expect, Campbell like any mythologist was a very good story teller. Among other things, he is credited with inspiring George Lucas to write Star Wars.
During the latter part of his life, Campbell toured the U.S. and delivered a series of lectures in which he shared his findings. Athena Learning’s Joseph Campbell: Mythos DVD set includes no less than 15 lovingly remastered lectures. The six disc set includes 14 hours of in-depth analysis and first class story telling. The lectures are broken down into...
Kieran Kinsella
The late great American writer Joseph Campbell spent the best part of his life studying the origins of myths and religions from various parts of the World. Campbell was fascinated with the “one great story’ of humanity as told through the symbols and traditions of Asians, Europeans, Native Americans and other people from the darkest reaches of the globe. As you might expect, Campbell like any mythologist was a very good story teller. Among other things, he is credited with inspiring George Lucas to write Star Wars.
During the latter part of his life, Campbell toured the U.S. and delivered a series of lectures in which he shared his findings. Athena Learning’s Joseph Campbell: Mythos DVD set includes no less than 15 lovingly remastered lectures. The six disc set includes 14 hours of in-depth analysis and first class story telling. The lectures are broken down into...
- 9/18/2012
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Chances are, Joseph Campbell has affected your life. That's a pretty bold statement to make, especially about a scholar who gave lectures about mythology. It's true, though; Joseph Campbell has, indirectly, affected your life. Campbell inspired George Lucas to create a little film called Star Wars, which, if you were a kid from the 1970s onward, probably some effect on your life.
Star Wars is perhaps so popular and so universally loved because it's really a timeless story, created using many of the elements that Joseph Campbell spent his life discussing. In his magnum opus, The Power of Myth, Campbell discusses those very elements and how they've affected the world. In October 25th's release of Mythos III, Campbell still speaks on ancient elements of storytelling, though in much more specific contexts.
Mythos III comprises of five lectures, given late in Campbell's life, regarding various Western myths and stories. The first lecture concerns the Arthurian romances,...
Star Wars is perhaps so popular and so universally loved because it's really a timeless story, created using many of the elements that Joseph Campbell spent his life discussing. In his magnum opus, The Power of Myth, Campbell discusses those very elements and how they've affected the world. In October 25th's release of Mythos III, Campbell still speaks on ancient elements of storytelling, though in much more specific contexts.
Mythos III comprises of five lectures, given late in Campbell's life, regarding various Western myths and stories. The first lecture concerns the Arthurian romances,...
- 11/1/2011
- by Sam McPherson
- TVovermind.com
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