Mythos
Season 1, Episode 5: The Mystical Life: Non-biblical mythic strains that helped shape the Western spirit
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"The Mystical Life" describes that the seed of the soul is where the inner and the outer worlds meet. While the outer world changes with time, the inner world, or soul, is constant to the human race. It is through myth that provides the link between these two worlds.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Psyche & Symbol: The psychological impulse for and response to myth
Episode 2
The Spirit Land: How myths awakened American Indians to the mystery of life
Episode 3
On Being Human: The emergence of myth in early hunter-gatherer societies
Episode 4
From Goddesses to God: The gradual shift from the Goddess to male, warlike deities
Episode 5
The Mystical Life: Non-biblical mythic strains that helped shape the Western spirit