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An eye opening dive into the primitive origins of myth,
This review is from: Joseph Campbell's The Power of Myth, Volume 3: The First Storytellers [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Joseph Campbell delves into an archeology of mythology by taking us back to the first storytellers, our hunter and gatherer ancestors. He also draws from the few remaining hunter-gatherer societies to complete his presentation. The myths from these ancient societies served to harmonize the life passages and circumstances which these people had to deal with, and to bring the mind and the body into accord on these issues to create a sense of aliveness and being to best suited to deal with these circumstances. As a result, these mythologies had a tendency to evolve with the environments in which these tribes found themselves, the mythology always incorporating the important aspects of the environment, such as game animals.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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