Follow Your Bliss
Mark Tully considers Joseph Campbell's exhortation to follow your bliss. He talks to priest and theatre director James Roose-Evans about the wisdom he derives from the mantra.
Mark Tully investigates the meaning of Joseph Campbell's exhortation to follow your bliss.
The 20th century writer and philosopher based his aphorism on a phrase he found in the Hindu Upanishads. It became much quoted following his TV documentary series The Power of Myth, made shortly before his death.
"Follow your bliss" has become a mantra for many, but is often misunderstood. Mark tries to get a sense of its true meaning, in conversation with the priest, writer, teacher and pioneering theatre director James Roose Evans.
There are readings from Pablo Neruda, Stephen Spender and Katherine Raine and music by Erin McKeown, Cesar Franck and Beethoven.
The readers are Jasper Britton and Geraldine Alexander.
Presenter: Mark Tully
Producer: Frank Stirling
A 7 digital production for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4.
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Pivio and Aldo De ScalziÂ
Monk with a Camera
Performer: Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi .- Monk with a Camera.
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Charlie Landsborough
Going My Own Sweet Way
Performer: Charlie Landsborough.- My Heart Would Know.
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Yusef IslamÂ
Greenfields, Golden Sands
Performer: YUSEFÂ .- Yusef: An Other Cup.
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Erin McKeown
Born to Hum
Performer: Erin McKeown.- Born To Hum.
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César Franck
Grande piece symphonique in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 17, M. 29: I. Andante serioso - Allegro non troppo e maestoso
Performer: César Franck.- Grandes Pieces Symphoniques - Ian Tracey Plays French Organ Works.
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Beethoven's 9th Symphony - ode to joy
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra .- Beethoven: The Complete Symphony Collection.
Readings
Title: EmergingÂ
Author: Pablo Neruda, translated by Alistair Reid
Found in Being Human published by Bloodaxe; originally published by Farrar, Strauss & Giroux
Title: An Epitaph on the Celebrated Claudy Philipps, Musicians - Who Died Very Poor
Author: Samuel JohnsonÂ
Found in The School Bag, published by Faber
Title: I Am Raferty The PoetÂ
Author: Anthony Raferty
Found in The School Bag, published by Faber
Interview with James Roose Evans
Title: Essay
Author: Kathleen Raine
Found in the Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Poets, published by Bloodaxe
Title: I Think To LiveÂ
Author: Emily Dickinson
Title: The Truly GreatÂ
Author: Stephen Spender
Found in Collected Poems, published by Faber
Broadcasts
- Sun 18 Mar 2018 06:05Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
- Sun 18 Mar 2018 23:30Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4