We continue to plug wisdom and understanding by pimping yet again the splendid series The Power of Myth, which for some mystifying reason probably having to do with making more room for Tickle Me Elmo dolls, PBS has seen fit to drop from its DVD catalog. Thankfully, the first episode of the series, “The Hero’s Adventure,” is available online. Here are links to Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. We’ve got Part 4 here — only two more to go to complete the first episode.

Here is a choice Joseph Campbell quote: “We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.”

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