In this clip from a Q&A session following a lecture, Joseph Campbell discusses the symbolic meaning behind an image of the inter-penetration of a lightning bolt and a snake.

This Q&A session is unreleased footage from lectures featured in the Mythos series.

For more on Mythos follow the link below;
https://www.jcf.org/works/titles/mythos/

During the final years of his life, Joseph Campbell embarked on a speaking tour in which he drew together all that he had learned about what he called the “one great story” of humanity. These remarkable talks were filmed and are presented here in the order and manner in which Campbell himself intended, with enhanced images and in minimally edited form.