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Mythologist Joseph Campbell presents his ideas about comparative mythology and the ongoing role of myth in human society.
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Campbell claimed his theory, which has gone on to influence everything from Star Wars to Disney’s Aladdin, arose from a universal structure inherent in the global myths of antiquity. The problem is, that’s a lie. Campbell’s theory is as mythological as the stories from which it borrows.
This highly innovative work presents a piercing interpretation of the tarot in terms of Jungian psychology. Through analogies to the humanities, mythology, and the graphic arts, the significance of the cards is related to personal growth and what Jung termed “individuation.
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What is a properly functioning mythology and what are its functions? Can we use myths to help relieve our modern anxiety, or do they help foster it? In Myths to Live by, Joseph Campbell explores the enduring power of the universal myths that influence our lives daily and examines the myth-making...
Joseph Campbell, arguably the greatest mythologist of the twentieth century, was certainly one of our greatest storytellers.
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You can take a wheelchair just about anywhere. Amy addresses societal perceptions of disability and her vision for how we all change the way we approach disability.
Today we are discussing a popular topic; is it more appropriate to say disabled person or person with a disability (PWD)? Well, it all depends on how an individual identifies, there are strong feelings about each.
We’ve been taught to refer to people with disabilities using person-first language, but that might be doing more harm than good.
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From War to Wonder, Dennis Slattery’s new book, not only explicates the beauty and power of the Odyssey, Homer’s twenty-seven-hundred-year-old marvel-filled epic, it also offers a marvelous way to interact with it on a daily basis.
With the Marvel Studios films, Thor has gone from one in a long line of mythological heroes people might know to arguably the most popular mythological hero out there. (Sorry, Hercules). But how similar is Marvel's version of Thor to what he was based on, the Thor from Norse mythology?
This video discusses the Norse god Heimdall. I like that Heimdall is sort of the personification of order and Loki is the personification of chaos and at the end of days they kill each other.