Legendary raconteur Joseph Campbell explores the myth and symbols that have shaped our world and given us what he has called "the experience of being alive."

Delve into the power and significance of myths and their influence on human culture and understanding through interviews with renowned scholars and storytellers.

Mythos is a three-part documentary that consists of a series of lectures given by Joseph Campbell. Campbell conceived of the original lectures, filmed over the last six years of his life, as a summation of what he had learned about the human mythic impulse, in terms of psychology, ethnology and comparative mythology—what he called "the one great story of mankind."

Australian-born filmmaker George Miller offers a personal view of Australian films. He suggests that they can be regarded as visual music, public dreaming, mythology, and song-lines. In extrapolating the idea of movies as song-lines he examines feature films under the following categories: songs of the land; the bushman; the convicts; the bush-rangers; mates and larrikins; the digger; pommy bashing; the sheilas; gays; the wogs; blackfellas; and urban subversion. He then concludes that these films can be thought of as "Hymns that sing of Australia."

A documentary about the celestial calendar created by the Anasazi — and rediscovered by artist Anna Soafer, high on a butte in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico — over a thousand years ago.

The Hero's Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell is a biographical documentary that delves into the life and work of Joseph Campbell, a renowned mythologist and lecturer. The film explores Campbell's teachings on the hero's journey, a narrative pattern found in mythological stories from different cultures. Through interviews and archival footage, viewers are introduced to Campbell's ideas and his impact on the study of mythology.

Travel with mythology expert Joseph Campbell as he explores shared iconic imagery that marks the human experience and influences our ability to dream and find our spiritual center. Campbell suggests that all religions share the same path to enlightenment, but it's up to us to make the actual journey. Evidence of the commonality of mythological symbols is investigated in the ruins of Ajanta in India, Delphi in Greece and Stonehenge in England. -