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Mythos 
Mythos (Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)Also known as The Shaping of Our Mythic Tradition Genre Documentary, Mythology Format VHS, DVD Created by Joseph Campbell Developed by Mythology, Ltd. Directed by Robert Walter Presented by Susan Sarandon Starring Joseph Campbell Country of origin United States Language(s) English No. of seasons 4 No. of episodes 20 (10 released) Production Executive producer(s) David M. Fox Producer(s) Bill Free Running time 20 hrs (10 released) Production company(s) Joseph Campbell Foundation Distributor Unipix/Acorn Media Broadcast Original channel PBS Picture format NTSC Chronology Related shows Transformations of Myth Through Time, The Hero's Journey External links Website Mythos is a multi-part documentary that consists of a series of lectures given by Joseph Campbell. Campbell conceived of the original lectures, filmed over the last six years of his life, as a summation of what he had learned about the human mythic impulse, in terms of psychology, ethnology and comparative mythology—what he called "the one great story of mankind."[1]
Contents
Transformations: A False Step
After Campbell's death and the posthumous celebrity brought by the airing in 1988 of The Power of Myth, the filmmakers who had recorded the lectures quickly cobbled together a much-abridged, hastily edited series for PBS entitled Transformations of Myth Through Time. An even-more-highly redacted version was briefly released under the title The World of Joseph Campbell.[2]
Mythos Emerges
Campbell's estate, represented by his widow Jean Erdman and, eventually, by the Joseph Campbell Foundation (JCF), asked that these versions, which were unlicensed and did not accurately represent Campbell's thoughts, be pulled from the market, and proposed the production of a twenty-hour television series in four parts that followed Campbell's original vision more closely: Mythos.
Volume One of Mythos was released in 1999. Volume Two was released in 2000. Both parts are narrated by Susan Sarandon.
After these initial releases, the original distributor, Unipix, promptly went bankrupt, and production on the series halted. [3]
The JCF rerealeased the first two volumes in 2007 and 2008 in conjunction with Acorn Media as part of the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell series; they plan to release the remaining two volumes in 2009-2010.[4]
Mythos Episodes
Mythos: Vol. 1, The Shaping of Our Mythic Tradition (1999)
- Mythos - 1.1: Psyche & Symbol - The psychological impulse for and response to myth.
- Mythos - 1.2: The Spirit Land - How myths awakened American Indians to the mystery of life.
- Mythos - 1.3: On Being Human - The emergence of myth in early hunter-gatherer societies.
- Mythos - 1.4: From Goddesses to God - The gradual shift from the Goddess to male, warlike deities.
- Mythos - 1.5: The Mystical Life - Non-biblical mythic strains that helped shape the Western spirit.
Mythos: Vol. 2, The Shaping of the Eastern Tradition (2000)
- Mythos - 2.1: The Inward Path - The core myths of the great Asian religions.
- Mythos - 2.2: The Enlightend One - The Buddha and enlightenment, East and West.
- Mythos - 2.3: Our Eternal Selves - Yoga and transcendence.
- Mythos - 2.4: The Way to Illumination - Kundalini yoga and the seven chakras.
- Mythos - 2.5: The Experience of God - Tibetan Buddhism and the spiritual journey that is death.
Mythos: Vol. 3, The Shaping of the Western Tradition (In Production)
This volume will explore the European emphasis on individualism, focusing on Arthurian romances, on the modern philosophers, and on the novels of Thomas Mann.
Mythos: Vol. 4 (In Production)
This volume will explore the mythic underpinnings of the novels of James Joyce.
Footnotes
- ^ Mythos page on JCF.org
- ^ The Transformations of Myth Through Time and Mythos: from JCF.org
- ^ The Transformations of Myth Through Time and Mythos: from JCF.org
- ^ Mythos page on JCF.org; accessed 3.12.09
External links
- Mythos Volume One - Boxed Set
- Mythos Volume Two - Boxed Set
- New York Times review
- Mythos page on Joseph Campbell Foundation website
Joseph Campbell Books Where the Two Came to Their Father: A Navaho War Ceremonial (1943). with Jeff King and Maud Oakes • A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake (1944). with Henry Morton Robinson • The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949). •
The Masks of God
(1959–1968)Volume 1, Primitive Mythology (1959) • Volume 2, Oriental Mythology (1962) • Volume 3, Occidental Mythology (1964) • Volume 4, Creative Mythology (1968)) •The Flight of the Wild Gander:Explorations in the Mythological Dimension (1968) • Myths to Live By (1972) • Erotic irony and mythic forms in the art of Thomas Mann (1973) • The Mythic Image (1974) • The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor As Myth and As Religion (1986) •
Historical Atlas
of World Mythology
(1983–1989)Volume I: The Way of the Animal Powers (1983) (reprint in two parts: Part 1: Mythologies of the Primitive Hunters and Gatherers (1988);
Part 2: Mythologies of the Great Hunt (1988)) • Volume II: The Way of the Seeded Earth (Part 1: The Sacrifice (1988); Part 2: Mythologies of the Primitive Planters: The North Americas (1989);
Part 3: Mythologies of the Primitive Planters: The Middle and Southern Americas (1989)) •Transformations of Myth Through Time (1990) • A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living (1991). editor Diane K. Osbon • Mythic Worlds, Modern Words: On the Art of James Joyce (1993). editor Edmund L. Epstein • The Mythic Dimension: Selected Essays (1959–1987) (1993). editor Anthony Van Couvering • Baksheesh & Brahman: Indian Journals (1954–1955) (1995). editors Robin/Stephen Larsen & Anthony Van Couvering • Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor (2001). editor Eugene Kennedy • Sake & Satori: Asian Journals - Japan (2002). editor David Kudler • Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal (2003). editor David Kudler • Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation (2004). editor David KudlerBooks based
upon interviewsThe Power of Myth (1988). with Bill Moyers and editor Betty Sue Flowers • An Open Life: Joseph Campbell in Conversation with Michael Toms (1989). editors John Maher and Dennie Briggs, forward by Jean Erdman Campbell • This business of the gods: Interview with Fraser Boa (1989) • The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work (1990). editor Phil CousineauAudio tapes The Power of Myth (With Bill Moyers) (1987) • Transformation of Myth through Time Volume 1-3 (1989) • The Hero with a Thousand Faces: The Cosmogonic Cycle (Read by Ralph Blum) (1990) • The Way of Art (1990—unlicensed) • The Lost Teachings of Joseph Campbell Volume 1-9 (With Michael Toms) (1993) • On the Wings of Art: Joseph Campbell; Joseph Campbell on the Art of James Joyce (1995) • The Wisdom of Joseph Campbell (With Michael Toms) (1997) •
The Collected Lectures
of Joseph CampbellVolume 1: Mythology and the Individual (1997) • Volume 2: The Inward Journey (1997) • Volume 3: The Eastern Way (1997) • Volume 4: Man and Myth (1997) • Volume 5: The Myths and Masks of God (1997) • Volume 6: The Western Quest (1997)Myth and Metaphor in Society (With Jamake Highwater) (abridged)(2002)Video/DVDs Psyche & Symbol (13 part KQED/PBS video series: Executive Producer: Aaron Miller; Director: Diane Dowling) (1976) • Transformations of Myth Through Time (1989) • Mythos (1987/1998) • Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth (1988) • The Hero's Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell (1987) (Phil Cousineau) • Myth and Metaphor in Society (With Jamake Highwater) (1993) • Sukhavati (2005)Books edited Gupta, Mahendranath. The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942) (translation from Bengali by Swami Nikhilananda; Joseph Campbell and Margaret Woodrow Wilson, translation assistants -
see preface; foreword by Aldous Huxley) • Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization. Heinrich Zimmer (1946) • The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil. Heinrich Zimmer (1948) • Philosophies of India. Heinrich Zimmer (1951) • The Portable Arabian Nights (1951) • The Art of Indian Asia. Heinrich Zimmer (1955) • Man and Time: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Various authors (1954–1969) • Man and Transformation: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Various authors (1954–1969) • The Mysteries: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Various authors (1954–1969) • The Mystic Vision: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Various authors (1954–1969) • Spirit and Nature: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Various authors (1954–1969) • Spiritual Disciplines: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Various authors (1954–1969) • Myths, Dreams, Religion. Various authors (1970) • The Portable Jung. Carl Jung (1971)See also Categories:- Mythography
- American documentary films
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