SILVER SPRING, MD; February 12, 2008 —Acacia announces the April 29, 2008 DVD release of Joseph Campbell: Mythos II, offering five newly remastered and visually stunning lectures from one of the greatest storytellers of our time and arguably the greatest mythologist, tied together with introductions by Academy Award®-winner Susan Sarandon. Joseph Campbell is best known from The Power of Myth interviews with Bill Moyers and his “follow your bliss” philosophy.

During the final years of his life, Campbell embarked on a speaking tour in which he drew together all that he had learned about what he called the “one great story” of humanity. With these remarkable talks Campbell examines the core myths of the great Asian religions, with special focus on Buddhism, yoga, enlightenment, and transcendence. The lectures were filmed and are presented here in the order and manner in which Campbell himself intended, with enhanced images and in minimally edited form. The lectures have been broadcast on PBS, where it’s a perennial favorite.

The Programs
1. The Inward Path—The core myths of the great Asian religions.
2. Enlightened One—The Buddha and enlightenment, East and West.
3. Our Eternal Selves—Yoga and transcendence.
4. The Way to Illumination—Kundalini yoga and the seven chakras.
5. The Experience of God—Tibetan Buddhism and the spiritual journey that is death.

Last year, Acacia released Mythos I as well as Joseph Campbell: The Hero’s Journey, a biographical portrait, and Joseph Campbell: Sukhavati, a deeply personal, almost spiritual, portrait of Campbell, told in his own words. Campbell (1904-1987) was an American author and teacher best known for his work in the field of comparative mythology. He died in 1987. In 1988, a series of television interviews with Bill Moyers, The Power of Myth, introduced Campbell’s views to millions of people.

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