Joseph Campbell's The Power of Myth, Volume 3: The First Storytellers
by Bill Moyers

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Movie Review: An eye opening dive into the primitive origins of myth
Summary: 5 Stars

He starts with our own stages of life and life passages that ultimately must deal with our mortality, and then moves on to how these tribespeople also had to deal with the life cycles and mortality of the animals they encountered and upon which the depended for life. In archeological terms this begins with primitive burial sites. Both the burial sites of humans, and for sacrificial animals. Throughout this series of videos, we are visually brought into places of worship, cathedrals and so forth. It adds a depth of reality to the subjects described. Here, we are brought into the primitive cave sites for these burials, and the accompanying paintings on them. Campbell draws excellent parallels and distinctions between these and the artwork and stained glass of more modern cathedrals.

He moves on to the importance of ritual as an enactment of the myth. He draws on rituals relating to the hunt, passages to manhood, and talks about how ritual dies and evolves. The ritual enactment draws the person into a sense of participation in the myth. As usual, Joseph Campbell's delivery, style, and the ability to draw us very quickly into the powerful points of the metaphors that he uses, comes across as enchanting and captivating.

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• Special Interests - Religion & Spirituality - Mythology - General