Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth

And that's

the series that became The Power of Myth.

Right.

We didn't know that there was going to be a power of myth.

We still thought we were working with a historical atlas.

And we knew that there was...

We were offering him 50% of the property for like $15,000, a silly amount, in order to... be able to print enough copies to...

It was like the first time nobody was interested.

Yeah, I tend to be right there.

And back when I was still living in the Atlanta area, I remember – I think, I'm trying to think, I must have read The Power of Myth before I watched the series.

Although that doesn't seem possible, but all I remember is in reading the book, I had a feeling of like I was coming out of my body.

I was so engaged in what was in that book.

When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in your field of bliss, and they open doors to you.

I say follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be." Beautiful, huh? That's from Joseph Campbell on The Power of Myth, Myth with Bill Moyers.

I still don't...

That, that is a great series.

There are some things that are absolutely changing, and we'll address those, but there's some things that aren't.

You know, if, uh, you're old enough, you might have watched that PBS series with Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth that really talked about the universal hero story, and that's what we're talking about.

Um, many organizations tell stories badly, or they give an example and call it a story.

It's not a story unless there's a hero who has a beginning state, goes through a series of challenges, and comes out at the end at an elevated state.

Just stepping away from the interviews to explore an influential book that shaped my own creative thinking and might inspire yours.

Today's selection is an important book on storytelling, meaning, and creative imagination called The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers.

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[ on-hold music] So in the late 1970s, um, a young, pretty ambitious film director managed to build a multi-billion dollar sci-fi empire.