In this week's clip, Joseph Campbell discusses the process and rituals that are used to initiate children into adulthood. Watch the full clip at JCF.org or follow the link below to watch via our YouTube Channel. This video is a brief excerpt from interviews filmed with Joseph Campbell shortly before his death in 1987. ​ https://youtu.be/aGx4IlppSgU | Joseph Campbell

Our featured video clip this week is from "Kundalini Yoga: Heart Chakra Symbology" Watch the full clip on YouTube or via our homepage www.jcf.org ​ Joseph Campbell discusses the symbolism of the heart chakra, the site of the birth of the spiritual as opposed to the physical life. For more on the symbolism of the kundalini and of the chakras, see Mythos: The Shaping of Our Spiritual Tradition (jcf.org/works/mythos-series) and Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal (jcf.org/works/titles/

Looking at the chakra system of the kundalini yoga, Campbell explores the animalistic impulses of the lower chakras, all driven by dharma — the impulses to survival, pleasure, and power. Watch the full clip on YouTube or via our homepage www.jcf.org ​ ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG5Ml82A3vA For more on the yoga of the kundalini, see Joseph Campbell's The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Myth As Metaphor and As Religion or ​Mythos II: The Shaping of the Eastern Tradition | Joseph Campbell

In the final episode of The Power of Myth, Bill Moyers and mythologist Joseph Campbell discuss commonalities in every culture that create a need for God. In this clip, Campbell talks about eternity and the "Heavenly Moment"... which is always now. To find the whole series follow these links: https://www.kinolorber.com/product/the-power-of-myth https://www.jcf.org/works/titles/joseph-campbell-and-the-power-of-myth-with-bill-moyers-video/ | Joseph Campbell