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Uncle Joe

(65,550 posts) Thu Jun 26, 2025, 06:56 PM Jun 2025

The Radiance Behind All Things

In the fourth episode of The Power of Myth, Bill Moyers and mythologist Joseph Campbell discuss the role of sacrifice in myth.

In this clip, the two discuss Jesus, Buddha, the tree of non-duality and the tree of immortal life. Ultimately, Campbell discusses how myth, religion, and art uncover the one radiance behind all things.

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The Radiance Behind All Things (Original Post) Uncle Joe Jun 2025 OP

Brilliant! SheltieLover Jun 2025 #1

The line that I remember most clearly from "The Power of Myth" series. Collimator Jun 2025 #2

SheltieLover

(81,740 posts)

1. Brilliant!

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2025, 07:04 PM

Jun 2025

Ty for sharing.

Collimator

(2,140 posts)

2. The line that I remember most clearly from "The Power of Myth" series.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2025, 07:45 PM

Jun 2025

"There is a difference between the light and the light bulb." (Possible paraphrase, there.)

This bulb that is me will burn out. But the light is still there-- possibly being directed through another vehicle. I don't know; and I don't care.

As long as the light --which is more than my mere corporeal presence and personality-- continues, all will be well.

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