Jef Rouner of the San Francisco Chronicle has offered readers recommendations on films to watch in 2021 to celebrate Star Wars Day, May 4. Rouner highlights Joseph Campbell’s The Power of Myth (1988) as a top choice. Rouner states: “When…
In a reflection on art and the impact of museums from Sarah Gray, Director of Member and Visitor Engagement at the Art Institute Chicago, she states, “Often I go to specific galleries for their architecture as much as for the…
Actress Pamela Anderson cited Joseph Campbell as an inspiration for her interest in collecting art. In a piece for Financial Times, Anderson states, “Growing up, I spent a lot of time with my grandfather, who was really into mythology and…
Author Ray Grigg explores the our problematic relationship with nature suggesting a realistic and more skillful life on earth in his new book, The Zen of an Earth Mythology. The book was inspired by a comment by Joseph Campbell, who…
Acclaimed author and podcast, Tim Ferriss is broadcasting the first episode of Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers series The Power of Myth, on episode #456 of The Tim Ferris Show. The Tim Ferriss Show is one of the most popular podcasts in…
As many around the globe find themselves working from home and in self-quarantine from COVID-19, Ed Siegel, critic for public radio WBUR (90.9), points to the wisdom of Joseph Campbell as a path through such uncharted territory. Instead of mindlessly…
“It’s no secret that Star Wars director George Lucas was profoundly influenced by comparative mythologist and literature professor Joseph Campbell and his seminal work The Hero With A Thousand Faces (1949). In case you don’t know what that book contains, here’s a very brief summary of…
Jim Zigarelli writes for the Daily Camera about the essential qualities of a true Hero. The article uses the teachings within Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers’ PBS show, The Power of Myth, to explain the necessary traits of a heroic person.…
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Audrey Dwyer writes for the Steamboat Pilot & Today about artist Lance Whitner’s latest art project. Whitner’s piece is called The Artistry of Life: Painting & Yoga and it takes inspiration from Joseph Campbell’s book, The Power of Myth. She was intrigued by the uniqueness…
Richard Randall writes for the Central Penn Business Journal about how he left his fears behind and followed his Bliss. Randall explains that though he had achieved what some would consider professional success, he was not happy. By getting in…
Matt Patches writes for Polygon about the Jun 2018 additions to the Netflix roster of content. The great big news? The PBS documentary The Power of Myth is on that list! This summary of recommendations also includes tent-pool Marvel extravaganzas, sweet…
A short video on Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyer’s The Power Of Myth. This series of six one-hour conversation between the two was released by PBS in 1988, and to this day, remains as one of the most popular series in…
As a producer of PBS’s The Power of Myth, Joan Konner experienced Joseph Campbell’s teachings from up close and many years later, his influence is still clear on her writing. In this inciting article, Konner, now Dean Emerita at Columbia College, talks about…
Recordings and TRANSCRIPTS of The Power of Myth, conducted by Bill Moyers and featuring Joseph Campbell, all recorded at George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch for PBS. Read the article published by Moyers & Company, which contains all of the interview’s transcript,…
Departures Magazine highlights world-famous jazz musician Wynton Marsalis,who doesn’t only have a good taste in music, but also enjoys good books. One of his favorites is Joseph Campbell’s The Power of Myth! Read the publication by clicking here.
On Truth Out, producer of the “The Power Of Myth” series, Bill Moyers writes about American politics, language corrosion and the need for young people to know their past and history, as well as the world’s. When talking about journalism…
Mark Morford writes for the SF Gate about Joseph Campbell’s work and how mythology is not intended to be taken as fact, but to represent an inward experience. In other words, all of the world’s various mythologies throughout history have…
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