…of mythic lore with the master himself, Joseph Campbell. My name is Michael Toms. I'll be your host, Joseph, welcome. Well thank you Michael It's always a real delight to me to have our conversations here at this station. Well surely it's a delight to me…

…conversation took place in the fall of 1980 when Joseph was 76. We began with a question about the timeliness of mythology. Hello, Joseph Michael It's a real pleasure to be with you again. Well it's great to be with you too, I think where I'd like to…

…of American Society we do have a wasteland existing by and large in our culture. Well I don't know what your impression is, Michael but mine is that I think the majority of my friends are living wasteland lives. And now since I retired from teaching…

…that has emerged or is emerging over the last several years that really is in touch with mythology and historical perspective? Well Michael I haven't been reading any of the most recent works. When I was myself Shaping my own life views and all, there…

…social unity. We've been choosing too many electives and not really taking the required courses right but something worse than that Michael I mean as though people were afraid of the implications because that's the doc Forrest thing they are pulling back…

…by asking him for some mythic insights about the dark recesses of the human psyche and human society. Joseph, welcome. Thank you Michael. As always pleasure to be with you. It's good to be with you as well, Joseph. In the introduction I referred to…

…in which the richness of the quest builds up, builds up. Now here I am well along in life and it's still building up, Michael I tell you it's terrific, sounds great. I'm looking forward to getting older. I listen to you Joseph and you make it so…

…looks to me as though the world were aching to have this has come forward. Now as I say when I come here and talk with Michael, I feel at home in this kind of thinking and it's one of the lovely facts that every time I come the new dimensions has…

…kind of thinking and it's one of the lovely facts that every time I come the new dimensions has reached new dimensions. And as Michael said, we're talking here to people who are ready for this and there are probably enough of them. And I just want to…

…conclusion, that it's one of the proud moments of my own thinking of my own life that I've been able to participate in what Michael and Justine are doing here and to see how it flourishes and how beautiful they are in doing it. So my thanks to you.…

…for throughout the whole series of years. Joseph as always in the present moment it's joyous thanks for being with us. Thank you Michael. Joseph Campbell died quietly at his home in Hawaii on October 30th 1987 at the age of 83. The following year he…

…down in the sense of nations breaking down that no longer are the national boundaries as rigid as they once were. Well Michael I think you've named the real crux of the problem. Every mythology and a mythology is an organizing system that holds a…

…answers. Well the great art of spiritual development is asking the right questions, and so you helped me with yours. Thank you, Michael. In this program, Joseph begins with a personal reflection on the roots of his own interest in mythology and goes on to…

…what I mean it is for all the life of the whole day. For instance we're in a religious exercise right now you and I Michael do you see what I mean and our relationship, what is it that's playing in it's through the life that one is to experience the…

…not possible anymore. Joseph I want to thank you it's been an extraordinary and enlightening conversation. Once again, thank you Michael always a real pleasure to be with you. In this program Joseph discusses the distinction between knowledge and wisdom, the…

…at its essence is that understanding, appreciation and deep experience of life and all its richness. Well there's a good point here Michael this young lady thought, as a result of sitting at a desk in school year after year after year, that wisdom…

…Campbell. We're glad you're with us on the journey and we'll be here for two hours. Joseph It's nice being with you again. Well Michael It's always a pleasure for me to be with you and I've been looking forward to this two hour session for some time…

…be the wandering fool. As always it's been a beautiful time. I've really enjoyed being with you. Well I always enjoy it Michael I'm looking forward to the next already great. Thank you so much for this thank you. I've been talking with Joseph Campbell,…

…little bit beyond the. Here we come back to the coexistence of good and evil. It's a point you make very often, Michael with various teachings. No there really is no difference. Certainly the Buddhist view has been that there is no difference between…

…Buddhists because they knew all this anyhow, but all the others were somewhat stuck to their provincial tradition. And it was the simplest thing, Michael all I had to do was point out and I just did it not in a way of saying I'm teaching you anything…

…speaking of yeah well not exactly. Here we are beside each other. I just wanted to ask you, well relating to what Michael was asking about the deities found in the Buddhist thing, you've pointed out that in the maya cosmology well you've quoted Sylvanus…

…big glass and we have a little glass. Both glasses are full. You will be full. That's pretty. That was a Universal story. I'm sure Michael must have heard it too. I could never get over the idea of how you could say words and get days off time in…

…and how really mythology shapes our lives. Stay with us as we explore the fascinating and provocative world of Joseph Campbell. Hello, Joseph. Michael It's a real pleasure to be with you again. Well it's great to be with you too. I think where I'd like…

…of American Society we do have a wasteland existing by and large in our culture. Well I don't know what your impression is, Michael, but mine is that I think the majority of my friends are living wasteland lives. And now since I retired from teaching…

…that has emerged or is emerging over the last several years that really is in touch with mythology and historical perspective? Well Michael I haven't been reading any of the most recent works. When I was myself Shaping my own life views and all, there…

…unity. We have been choosing too many electives and not really taking the required courses right but something worse than that, Michael, I mean as though people were afraid of the implications, because that's the doc Forrest thing they are pulling back and…

…what I mean. It is for all the life of the whole day. For instance, we're in a religious exercise right now you and I Michael do you see what I mean and our relationship, what is it that's playing in? It's through the life that one is to experience…

…we are, where we've been and where we may be going. My name is Michael Toms. I'll be your host, Joseph welcome. Thank you Michael. As always a pleasure to be with you. It's good to be with you as well, Joseph. In the introduction I referred to the…

…Joseph I think you're one of the great ecological movers of our time, dealing with the ecology of the mind as it were. Thank you, Michael. This is lovely to hear. I want to thank you for being with us, Joseph. Well as I said in the beginning always a…

…past and present with a visionary view to the future. My name is Michael Toms. I'll be your host, Joseph welcome. Thank you Michael It's always a real pleasure to be facing you across this table. I'd like to dispel one of the myths about myths right…

…down in the sense of nations breaking down that no longer are the national boundaries once as rigid as they once were. Well Michael I think you've named the real crux of the problem. Every mythology and a mythology is an organizing system that holds a…

…answers. Well the great art of spiritual development is asking the right questions, and so you helped me with yours. Thank you, Michael. I've been speaking with Joseph Campbell, author of the mythic image, the masks of god, hero with a thousand faces. My…

…to say that our guest for this edition is Joseph Campbell. Joseph It's nice to have you with us. I'm delighted to be back, Michael. For those of you who may not be familiar with Joseph Campbell's work although I find that hard to imagine Joseph is one…

…fragment in china, say to something they found in Peru as synchronistic, as opposed to the cultures blending together actually. Actually, Michael I wouldn't say that about when was it about ten years ago pottery discovered in Ecuador, you know, on the shore…

…being of their own. That's very rewarding. I have the feeling that this is the life that I was being trained for throughout the whole series of years. Joseph, as always, in the present moment it's joyous. Thanks for being with me. Thank you, Michael.

…the call and explore the visionary world of myth with Joseph Campbell. My name is Michael Toms. I'll be your host, Joseph. Welcome Michael It's a delight to be with you again. I was hoping something like this would happen when I got on the plane…

…way in which the richness of the quest builds up builds up here I am well along in life and it's still building up, Michael I tell you it's terrific, sounds great. I'm looking forward to getting older and listening to you, Joseph and you make it so…

…more adventurous the longer you live. Well Joseph I believe it coming from you it has to be true yeah you'll get there Michael. Joseph thanks for joining us today. It's been a pleasure, as always to speak with you once again. Yeah I love it, Michael…

…Joseph thanks for joining us today. It's been a pleasure, as always to speak with you once again. Yeah I love it, Michael with you I've been speaking with Joseph Campbell, Mythologist, author of the four volume masks of god the mythic image, myths to…

…were not able to cause Abraham's Soul to depart from him. God removed the soul of Abraham as in a dream, and the archangel Michael took it up into heaven. After great praise and glory had been given to the lord by the angels who brought Abraham's Soul,…