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Sukhavati - Place of Bliss: A Mythic Journey with Joseph CampbellRating:
Release Date: 20 February, 2002 Retail Price: $34.95 OUR Price: $27.96 You SAVE: $6.99! Cast: |
Sukhavati - Place of Bliss: A Mythic Journey with Joseph Campbell Reviews
BIG disappointment
I love Joseph Cambell's work but this video is a big disappointment. If you have seen any of Campbell's other works, there is nothing new here.
Worse than nothing, the sound track is distracting and annoying. The audio of Campbell speaking is frequently in a low monaural sound. So as you try to listen to what he is saying the sound track comes blasting in with Buddhist chanting or other music that washes out Campbell's voice.
Campbell's interview's with Bill Moyers, despite their shortcomings are better, more interesting and more informative that this video.
The Mythos series is far, far better than this video.
Save your money and buy a better Joseph Campbell video.
To Go Awake into the Spirit of a Deep Restful Sleep
In the celebration of the Catholic High Mass, incense, candles, music, fashion, architecture and ritual all work together to create a mood for the revelation of sacred scripture. In the current globalized world of our time, we now have available a wide range of wisdom from different cultures and traditions, which tends to transcend any one particular religious organization or possible service.
Joseph Campbell has devoted his life to the study and teaching of the world's mythologies as they have evolved throughout the course of human history. In "Sukhavati Place of Bliss", directors Maxine Harris and Sheldon Rochlin have attempted to create a poetic audio/video context in which to best appreciate the fruits of Mr. Campbell's life work. The film builds up layer upon layer of image and sound until the meaning of these myths is evoked, rather than explicated.
The presentation opens with meditations on some of the creation mythology, then rapidly works to brings these ideas into a connection with the scientific world view of the present. Mr. Campbell feels that myths from the Buddhist and Hindu scriptures best fit the present cosmology of the universe, so much of the program is devoted to speaking about these ideas. The other major theme of the work is the diversity of nature and our role as a part of it.
Greek mythology, Native European wisdom along with the applied Christian traditions, and the myths of the Aboriginal Americans are all resources which have been taped in the weaving of this captivating project.
One can sense in the viewing of the program, that their is no substitute for the years of devotion towards this subject matter, that each of the contributers to the film has provided. Much like attendance to a religious service, the viewing of this compelling program may help one to become more open to relating with the concepts and experience of transcendence. This is a journey which is well worth taking every few months to help keep an eye on life's big picture.
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