Joseph Campbell - Sukhavati

Joseph Campbell - Sukhavati

Joseph Campbell - Sukhavati
List Price: $19.99
Our Price: $10.63
You Save: $9.36 (47%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $10.49 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases


(Click here)
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada

DVD Cover Information

Actor: Joseph Campbell
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 78 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acacia

Movie Reviews of Joseph Campbell - Sukhavati

Movie Review: Sukhavati
Summary: 4 Stars

I borrowed this from Netflix and liked it so much that I purchased my own copy. Like many Joseph Campbell publications, this is packed with information that can only be absorbed slowly.

Summary of Joseph Campbell - Sukhavati

"We're in a free fall into future. We don't know where we're going. Things are changing so fast. And always when you're going through a long tunnel, anxiety comes along. But all you have to do to transform your hell into a paradise is to turn your fall into a voluntary act. It's a very interesting shift of perspective . . . Joyfully participate in the sorrows of the world and everything changes." -Joseph Campbell

Through archival excerpts from his finest filmed lectures interwoven with exquisite images and evocative music from around the world, renowned mythologist Joseph Campbell takes us on a journey of transcendence and illumination, a trip through the mythological symbols and sagas left by our ancient forebears. What is revealed en route is "mankind's one great story," the grand drama played out by all cultures on all continents since time immemorial. This saga "projected" on the screen of the universe is the mythic adventure that became Campbell's "Sukhavati," what he passionately embraced as his life's work, his place of bliss.

Created by Maxine Harris and Sheldon Rocklin, with the enthusiastic support of the Joseph Campbell Foundation, this hypnotic and mesmerizing film is a deeply personal, almost spiritual, portrait of Campbell, told in his own words, in his twilight years, at the summit of his career and the apex of his intellectual powers. Through it, this great American thinker is still "joyfully participating in the sorrows of the world."

As seen on public television.


Sukhavati is like an extra-credit master class for anyone who was captivated by Bill Moyers' landmark series Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth. Produced, directed, and edited by Maxine Harris with the support of the Joseph Campbell Foundation (as part of a "Collected Works" series of DVDs), this simple, 78-minute program combines soothing imagery and music from around the world with relevant excerpts from some of Campbell's seminal lectures on mythology. The title refers to Campbell's "place of bliss," or his life's calling: To fully grasp and teach mythology as a common trait of humanity--a way of interpreting life experience and philosophy through universal narratives that transcend ethnic and cultural differences. Specifically, these Campbell excerpts emphasize "Sukhavati" as a voluntary shifting of perspective that allows "joyful participation in the sorrows of the world." As Campbell observes, with illustrative examples taken from various mythologies from around the world, "we are in a free fall into the future," and our anxieties about the unknown can be eliminated if we embrace uncertainty and "transform hell into a paradise." This acceptance of life's miseries is enhanced through Campbell's peerless ability to comparatively interpret mythologies related to cycles of life, death, and rebirth. While Campbell himself is shown only briefly in lecture clips, his words serve as voice-over narration to Harris's well-chosen images. The combination is awkward at times (it's not easy to follow Campbell's lecture when you're being lulled into a state of new-age relaxation), but the program succeeds in presenting the essence of Campbell's philosophical worldview. --Jeff Shannon

Documentary DVD Video

DVD Video
Movies most talked about in The Revolution will be Televised!
Science of the Soul: the Story of Transpersonal Psychology ImageScience of the Soul: the Story of Transpersonal Psychology
Release date: 2007-11-15; DVD
Best price: $9.95
Soundz of Spirit ImageSoundz of Spirit
Release date: 2005-02-08; DVD
Best price: $4.13
Price in other shops: $14.99
Baraka (Special Collector's Edition) DVD ImageBaraka (Special Collector's Edition) DVD
Published: 1000; Paperback; Book
Best price: $17.99
Buckminster Fuller: The Lost Interviews 2 DVD Set ImageBuckminster Fuller: The Lost Interviews 2 DVD Set
UFO TV; Release date: 2005-02-22; DVD
Best price: $24.95
Price in other shops: $49.95
Howard Zinn - You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train ImageHoward Zinn - You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Release date: 2005-05-24; DVD
Best price: $14.18
Price in other shops: $24.95
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth ImageJoseph Campbell and the Power of Myth
Release date: 2001-10-09; DVD
Best price: $172.95
Terrorstorm: 2nd Edition ImageTerrorstorm: 2nd Edition
Release date: 2007-07-31; DVD
Best price: $9.98
Price in other shops: $19.98
Zeitgeist, The Movie ImageZeitgeist, The Movie
Published: 2007; DVD
Best price: $4.99
Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement ImageEndgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement
Release date: 2007-11-13; DVD
Best price: $9.97
Price in other shops: $19.95
Aldous Huxley: The Gravity of Light ImageAldous Huxley: The Gravity of Light
Release date: 2005-12-16; DVD
Best price: $22.50
Similar DVD Movies
Myths to Live By ImageMyths to Live By
by Joseph Campbell
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 1993-02-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.99
Price in other shops: $16.00
The World Within: C.G. Jung In His Own Words ImageThe World Within: C.G. Jung In His Own Words
Release date: 2008-12-02; DVD
Best price: $19.31
Price in other shops: $29.95
The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion ImageThe Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion
by Joseph Campbell
New World Library; Published: 2002-02-09; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.00
Price in other shops: $20.00
Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation ImagePathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation
by Joseph Campbell
New World Library; Published: 2004-10-26; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $11.50
Price in other shops: $20.00
Matter of Heart: The Extraordinary Journey of C.G. Jung ImageMatter of Heart: The Extraordinary Journey of C.G. Jung
Kino Video; Release date: 2004-07-06; DVD
Best price: $25.32
Price in other shops: $39.95
Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal (Collected Work of Joseph Campbell Series) ImageMyths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal (Collected Work of Joseph Campbell Series)
by Joseph Campbell
New World Library; Published: 2003-05; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $6.00
Price in other shops: $20.00
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth ImageJoseph Campbell and the Power of Myth
Release date: 2001-10-09; DVD
Best price: $60.00
Joseph Campbell: Mythos I ImageJoseph Campbell: Mythos I
Release date: 2007-10-09; DVD
Best price: $23.36
Price in other shops: $39.99
Joseph Campbell - Mythos II ImageJoseph Campbell - Mythos II
CAMPBELL,JOSEPH; Release date: 2008-04-29; DVD
Best price: $20.53
Price in other shops: $39.99
Joseph Campbell - The Hero's Journey ImageJoseph Campbell - The Hero's Journey
CAMPBELL,JOSEPH; Release date: 2007-02-06; DVD
Best price: $10.00
Price in other shops: $19.99
Compare prices and read customer reviews for more than one million DVD titles.
Oscar 2005 Winners