"Culture is the result of a cooperation between the self, you might say, and the ego. And mythology is the language of the self speaking to the ego system, and the ego has to learn how to read it. And for the most part, in our world, we have forgotten." Watch this week's featured video clip on Jung, the Self, and the Myth below, or at jcf.org where you'll find the rest of this week's offerings on November's theme, BLESSINGS. | Joseph Campbell

26K views · 832 reactions | In the fifth episode of The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers discuss the mythology of love and the Goddess. In this clip, Campbell discusses the idea of living a spiritual life through the mythology of the Goddess. | Joseph Campbell | Facebook

In the fifth episode of The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers discuss the mythology of love — from kāma to agape to courtly romance. In this clip, Campbell discusses the idea of the Goddess, and the role of the female as the giver of life and form. | Joseph Campbell

In 1949, Joseph Campbell wrote a book called The #Hero with a Thousand Faces, based on his reading of countless stories and myths. Campbell had noticed that all of the stories he read contained similar motifs. The stories of Jesus, Muhammad, Moses, and the Buddha, as well as #Frodo , Luke Skywalker, and Simba, follow the same three phases: separation, initiation, and return. Separation is the call to adventure, often delivered by a passing wizard, a ghostly spirit, or a talking animal. It drags