The Hero with a Thousand Faces

In this clip from Episode 1 of Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers, Moyers and Campbell begin their groundbreaking and timeless conversation with an exploration of the classic hero cycle, including consistent and enduring hero patterns in literature and real life. Campbell encourages the audience to view parts of their own lives as heroic journeys.
"We have not even to risk the adventure alone, for the heroes of all time have gone before us. The labyrinth is thoroughly known; we have only to follow the thread of the hero path. And where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god. And where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves. And where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence. And where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world." - Joseph Campbell
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[@fuadsflkas]

I can re-watch the Bill Moyers interview with Joseph Campbell over and over again...and have!

[@raginald7mars408]

Addiction! Illegal! 10 Years federal Prison!

[@ethimself5064]

I remember the original series on PBS

[@thremstrak1559]

When you read his books, you will start to understand that he doesn't just tell mythology. Joseph Campbell is so valuable person who we all will learn too many useful thing about our myths, cultures, customs, stories and heroisms. Campbell really help to change people's perspective to the life.

[@PoetlaureateNFDL]

Joseph Campbell was a super interesting person! I miss his intellect.

[@james.sirois]

When you look at the man's eyes, you see that he has seen and experienced alot; So much so, that his gaze has a sense of familiarity of everything around him.

[@jayare5483]

I love Joseph Campbell.💙💙💙💙💙💙 wish the full interview was on here...

[@toomuchstarbucks6787]

Definitely recommend picking up the DVD collection

[@chefken2387]

I think this full length interview (The Power of Myth) is on Netflix.

[@kimberlymac4ever]

@@chefken2387 If it’s not, it’s surely on Amazon Prime.

[@clytnjms]

​@@kimberlymac4ever really? I don't think so but I'll check

[@ethimself5064]

@@toomuchstarbucks6787 One can find them all in here with searches

[@satnamo]

A hero carries mankind on his shoulders and takes them into a flourishing civilization.

[@mairios521]

I'm here searching this interview that I saw first in Jaime Altozano's analysis of Interestellar music. I love it.

[@adoral.libertucci2647]

Favorite book of all time. The first that took me on the Joseph Campbell journey.

[@GJCServices]

I miss this man ..

[@monkeygames1771]

Love Campbell, not to be underestimated by his wisdom, he is a demi god!

[@deed3211]

Thank you Joesph Campbell.

[@stac123100]

The grandpa I never had

[@KerryG-SA]

I wish you would put up full form interviews or lectures. There is so much more wisdom I would like to learn from this great man

[@robincrowflies]

Check out your local library to see if they have the DVDs.

[@chefken2387]

I think this full length interview (The Power of Myth) is on Netflix.

[@robincrowflies]

@@chefken2387 Oooh, thanks!

[@mathedguy]

A wonderful reminder.

[@CadeCYC]

SO POWERFUL, so clear

[@joseph.micheal.romero]

Love watching him

[@goldenpeanuts9]

always go beyond beautiful

[@TheAncientMysteriesBeckon]

The Monomyth gains momentum alongside Synchronicity.

[@kewldrull]

Fuck 🤯

[@Ironashman26]

What does this mean?? 😳

[@TheAncientMysteriesBeckon]

@@Ironashman26 It means reality facilitates both Man, meaning, and narrative.

[@ChannelWaldo]

@@TheAncientMysteriesBeckon both?

[@ChannelWaldo]

Wicked quote though

[@peaceonearth5742]

Prophet! JC!

[@ceyhunpasaoglu]

I really wish you didn't take his lectures off Spotify. The lectures were so interesting and accessible.

[@DanaMariedotorg]

I was sad too. Because I was like the person next to your comment, re listening a lot

[@adoral.libertucci2647]

Me too. I miss his lectures.

[@driggs7906]

It is that same redevelopment of an original concept, a transmutation of that archetype that breeds novelty.

[@Publius813]

This is a great interview. I believe the hero is ubiquitous because the hero or heroine is what societies need to succeed. Further, societies don't even need everyone to BE the completed hero - but, they need everyone to STRIVE to be the hero. Life is an endless cycle of hero journeys for each of us, or at least it should be. That is how we grow, and when the individual grows, everyone benefits. For my post-modern dystopian critique, I'll offer up the notion that modern television/movie entertainment has lost the hero narrative, and chosen to go down the road of nihilism, decadence, and ultimate moral relativity with its story lines and scripts. Examples include recent things I've seen on Netflix like "Leave the World Behind" and "Living With Yourself". So many bad story lines and worse endings.

[@Tatwamasi_Om]

Yes but todays society doesn't want anybody to be the hero, they don't want the people thinking for themselves, or coming to the realisation that the society is sick and wake everybody up to the truth.

[@Publius813]

@@Tatwamasi_Om - Agreed! They want to replace the individual with the government as hero.

[@timely383]

the questions are almost more impressive than the answers

[@sandrazambon742]

Interesting

[@jedimaster0667]

Post this on your Instagram page!

[@beverlyjohnsondc]

I love Joseph Campbell But I wasn’t introduced to him through the television until after his death then I joined the foundation

[@dmgwjirvrwnhrhwrj]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🌍 *Understanding the Heroic Theme* - The hero with a thousand faces symbolizes a universal hero sequence found in stories worldwide. - Heroes, in various cultures and historical periods, share common characteristics of extraordinary achievements. - Popular novel writing often centers around a hero or heroine who goes beyond the normal range of experience. 01:06 🦸‍♂️ *Types of Heroic Deeds* - Two types of hero deeds: physical acts of heroism, such as saving a life, and spiritual heroism, involving supernormal spiritual experiences. - The hero's journey involves a cycle of going and returning, seen in initiation rituals and personal growth experiences. - Heroes are individuals who give themselves to something larger or beyond themselves, embodying sacrifice and selflessness. 02:29 ⚰️ *Death and Resurrection in the Hero's Journey* - The hero's journey often mirrors an initiation ritual, requiring a symbolic death and resurrection for personal growth. - Childhood to adulthood transition involves a fundamental experience of psychological death and rebirth. - The hero cycle represents the process of leaving one condition, encountering challenges, and returning transformed. Made with HARPA AI

[@a-testforthefuture1817]

Your hero’s Will let you down Facts Ur choice

[@timcisneros1351]

You are missing the point my friend. YOU are the Hero of your own own life. Let that sink in, then follow your bliss and magical things will happen. Doors will open where there were only walls and invisible hands will reach out to help you. It's happened so many times to me that I don't even question it anymore. I wish you well.

[@Tatwamasi_Om]

Yes, because you are your own hero, and you always have been. If you look at another person to be your hero, they will let you down, because you make requirements from others that they aren't capable of making, it is not somebody else's responsibility to save you except your own. Learn how to swim instead of clinging to other people coming to save you drowning. That you must realise there is nothing external that you can take or gain from this world, it has nothing to give you. Everything we seek is already present within us.

[@dmgwjirvrwnhrhwrj]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 01:06 🌐 *Universal Heroic Deeds* - The hero with a thousand faces represents a universal hero sequence found in stories worldwide. - Heroes, regardless of culture or historical period, share common characteristics of extraordinary achievements. - The appeal of hero stories in mythology and popular novels arises from the universal nature of the hero's journey. 01:32 🦸‍♂️ *Duality of Heroic Deeds* - Heroes perform two main types of deeds: physical acts of heroism, such as saving lives, and spiritual heroism involving supernormal spiritual experiences. - The hero's journey involves a cycle of going and returning, encompassing both physical and spiritual aspects. - Sacrifice and selflessness are fundamental aspects of heroism, whether through physical or spiritual deeds. 02:45 ⚰️ *Symbolic Death and Resurrection* - The hero's journey often includes a symbolic death and resurrection, seen in initiation rituals and the transition from childhood to adulthood. - Psychological self-responsibility requires undergoing a death of dependency, leading to a rebirth as a self-responsible adult. Made with HARPA AI

[@charlessnortley4519]

I was placed in a coma an man the mind can achieve amazing imagination when under stress an make it seem real.

[@kristenT.369]

You probably had a near death experience kind of thing happen. There are many who've been in a coma that experience their out of body adventures.

[@MrAllada]

Death and resurrection

[@gioberto855]

It is not the society that guides and saves the creative hero, but precisely the reverse

[@Tatwamasi_Om]

Yes. Society is the prison which keeps the sheep asleep

[@aljonserna5598]

Damn I didn't know those two were separate things, damn George Lucas combining it on Luke Skywalker (both as in war of politics and with the Jedi)

[@raquellifts1541]

I do not understand any of this can anyone help?

[@kristenT.369]

Look into Rites of Passage and Near Death Experiences.

[@ajpenny1427]

One may consider it sad that Rick & Morty brought me here....but I leave with a deeper understand of the evolution of storytelling.

[@Tatwamasi_Om]

No. I don't consider that sad. I have never watched Rick and morty personally, so I don't know what the story is, but if it resonates and sparks up something deeper inside of you, a deeper understanding, then I don't see how this can be considered sad, it is in my eyes, something beautiful. Each of us will only ever experience reality to the depth of our inner being, the more you understand and know yourself, the more you can understand others. That what you see in others is a reflection of yourself, you are not seeing any others as they truly exist, only as they exist for you.

[@angmaugeri]

bodhisatva ?

[@soulfulpoemz]

^111^ ~💯

[@emexduzentos]

That's why the bible speaks about 2 deaths, the first is spiritual or the child infant soul that dies to become a suffering adult, the other is the body.

[@TheDoomWizard]

Absolutely but noone ever talks about what comes after the hero's journey. So then what? You just communicate your learned experience to others over and over? I talk about this briefly on my channel.

[@bluefernlove]

Don't spam this channel promoting your stoner doomer manchild content.

[@PiinkkBunnyy16]

@@bluefernlove LMFAOOO

[@HarryWolf]

What comes after the Hero's Journey? Another journey. Over and over. I've heard Campbell stress this.

[@bluefernlove]

@@PiinkkBunnyy16 his content is pretty good actually. I'm a fan now. 👌

[@VictorRochaGaming]

@@HarryWolf Yeah, he was pretty clear about it.

[@user-ny4hj5iv1h]

Beautiful British accent..?

[@Dan-ud8hz]

Nowadays, Jordan Peterson is telling people to clean up their room instead of heeding the call to adventure.

[@Last_Sherlock]

that's not true, he literally says for example: "Slay the dragon in his lair before he comes to your village." He says to "get out and take on responsibilty". Which is the hero's journey.

[@zigulimiguli]

...first make your bed, clean your room, then you go into the world....;-)

[@robincrowflies]

Ugh. He is vile.

[@robincrowflies]

@Sam Zurick lol

[@goldenpeanuts9]

Arthur M Young has a good dragon analogy too :)

[@rgcwow]

Disjointed, hacked up, out of context bits and pieces of Campbell"s message? The world needs, for example, the full Moyer / Campbell interviews uncut, But this foumdation is instead hacking Campbell's core messages up into tiny little disjointed hacked up bits and pieces. They are doing that as teasers to commercially monetize Campbel's work. The very nature of Campell's works must remain freely available, intact, in context, and sui- generis on a "giving foot forward" monetization model, which primarily is not the JC Foundation monetization model. Does this greedy foundation have copyrights on these works? Why can't anyone post these works up on IE. You Tube etc. free uncut unedited? For instance the full uncut Campbel / Moyers series. Why is Moyer not acting to counter this outrage? How to obtain these works intact & unedited now like when Campbell was alive without profiteering? That would be Campbell's will. The Campbell Foundation, in the guise of proliferating Campbell's body of work, is instead fragmenting it for commercial monetary motives. So aggravating! Seriously any effort to keep Campbell's work free, and free of being hacked up, and free of being exploited by the world system, then count us in. Metaphorically speaking: God was out for a stroll one day with the devil following along & imitating God. God was carrying something "he" had picked up along the way. The devil runs up and asks. "whatcha got there God?" God replies, "I got the truth." The devil then says," give it to me & I will organize it for you!". JC Foundation you need to stop "money changing on the temple steps".

[@s0medebr1s]

I know it's not free and you need a membership but you can watch the entirely on Netflix. However, there should be teasers and it shouldn't be the full thing on KZbin. If so people would watch it on KZbin and think the have the full knowledge of what Mr. Campbell is talking about. These teasers shou ok d encourage people to read his books and go on the journey. Reading the books forces y ok I to do your own research just to understand what Campbell is talking about.

[@rgcwow]

@@s0medebr1s More people do not subscribe to Netflix than do. I do not. Further why Netflix, and not media like PBS, and the like? Likely because JC Foundation receives commercial profit from Netflix, but not from media like PBS. You create a false choice by your reference to Joseph's work quote, "Not free" which implies that JC Foundation's essentially commercial, and manipulative model is the only model to monetize the proliferation of Joseph's work. Not so! FYI a wisely executed "open giving foot forward" charitable model will generate many times over the ground swell of participants, and money than what JC Foundation's model will generate. We would donate generously to that, & actively participate gratis in proliferation of that model. And with no objection to an attractive income to its leaders. Your rationalization that open access to whole "chapters" of Joseph's work would mislead seekers into thinking they have already mined out all Joseph has to offer in that "chapter" (full Video) is the exact opposite of how that works. Namely since Joseph's work is a bottomless mine of ever increasing inner riches the more a true seeker discovers the more that seeker will dig deeper & thereby discover even the more. Your rationalization would be akin to only releasing the bible a verse at a time for fear the truly hungry seeker will read, or watch an audio visual of the entire chapter of the bible, and then lose interest. Whaaaaat? Many of JC Foundation's snipit clips are likely misunderstood without the context of the entire video ("chapter") that the snipits were snipped from. Essentially that is JC Foundation proliferating misinformation by their often really sloppy editing. I could go on and on about this severely limiting, essentially commercial, profit driven exploitation of Joseph's work by JC Foundation, which is certainly causing Joseph to "roll over in his grave". Your reply is a superficial miss leading apologist reply for JC Foundation's nonsense. It is at best a rationalized stretch in your attempt to justify JC Foundation's wrong economic model, wrong motives, and wrong strategy for proliferating Joseph's body of work to the world - "money changing on the temple steps". More details are in my comment that you replied to.

[@GotstuffStoppa]

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[@Beatboxerskills]

Are you ok?

[@GotstuffStoppa]

@@Beatboxerskills Words are spoken forms of energy, they generate love and hate. Also examples COVID19 = 13, pay attention to the medias use of COVID19, CORONAVIRUS, VIRUS, PATHOGEN, VARIANTS, they all equal the number 13, and often times it is spoke at a time which equals 13.

[@GotstuffStoppa]

Bible meaning of 13?

[@Beatboxerskills]

@@GotstuffStoppa why does COVID19 = 13?

[@GotstuffStoppa]

@@Beatboxerskills do the math as I did, or search on Facebook "#COVID SPOKEN ON CUE" I'll post some information for you later tonight.

[@lindaj5492]

Watching in April 2022, and thinking of Ukraine’s President Zelensky, who is a true hero.

[@grahamluna6935]

He's a bum!

[@Tatwamasi_Om]

Linda, unless you are living in the countries that are affected by these ongoing wars, please do not think that you yourself know who the hero or villain is based upon your judgement and opinion, they don't mean anything to anybody and based from 0 actual exposure.....

[@jodimichelleschoenherr]

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[@jodimichelleschoenherr]

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