In my research on the Hero’s Journey, I come across videos that do a good job of explaining the journey, its elements, applications or related themes. I post links to them here. If you have suggestions, please let me know (use the contact link in the menu). Thanks.
“The Hero’s Journey: Life’s Great Adventure” is by far the most popular (and copied) article on my website. In this video, Hunter Reardon of Palo Alto Unified School District does a nice job reading and illustrating that article.
This video looks at the Hero’s Journey pattern using examples from popular films.
This short video, an excerpt from the Moyers-Campbell interviews, looks at the appeal of ‘The Force’ in Star Wars IV and why the concept resonates for us.
Joseph Campbell discusses the stories, the personal and cultural myths, that inform and guide our lives.
Joseph Campbell explores the death-and-rebirth symbolism that is the heart of the Rite of Passage, the ‘nuclear unit’ of the Hero’s Journey.
