August 2008
Monthly Archive
This month’s topic: Mythopoesis and Personal Myth
Mythopoesis is myth creation. As we go through our lives, we are writing another segment of our own personal myth. This month, we will discuss the various paths this process can take and some of the guiding myths passed down through the ages. Feel free to share a personal story or experience that has served a part in your own personal mythopoesis.
We will meet at Book People as usual, but please note the new time:
August 30, 2008
2:30pm-5:30pm
Book People Cafe
603 N Lamar
Austin, TX 78703
Please RSVP by the morning of August 30th. Guests are welcome. I look forward to seeing you there!
A primer into the fundamentals of Joseph Campbell.
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In this episode, I survey the work of Joseph Campbell and explore his definition of myth and its four functions.
Links to the pop culture references: www.alanwatts.com, and www.celticmythpodshow.com.
Contact info: Web: www.mythicthinking.org (for now at least)
e-mail: mythinginaction at gmail dot com.
The music is “Song #9″ by Avagadros Number. I found them in podsafemusic and they are totally awesome.
And I haven’t thought of an answer yet, but I offer it for consideration:
So Robert Johnson and Joseph Campbell both suggest that the Grail romances are the myths for the modern era, specficially for the male psyche. I argue along the same vein that the myth for the female psyche is “Pride and Prejudice.” The question is this:
What if the modern American myth is linked to
Peter Pan and the myth of never growing up?
Please leave me your thoughts in the comments.
Whew! Sorry about that. I somehow managed to screw up my website by a simple “<”. I’m not sure why they can’t make “complicated website formatting for dummies” available on a google search, but far too many websites are targeted for someone who has a sense of what they’re doing.
So, we’re back up and running again. Episode 2 of “Mything in Action” should be out later this week.
Greetings and Salutations! Something for your listening pleasure while I still learn how to podcast.
1 Greetings and Salutations!
In this episode, I introduce myself, Mythic Thinking, and Mything In Action. I talk about Harry Potter a little bit, but mostly set the framework for the future of the show.
Contact info: Web: www dot mythicthinking dot org (for now at least)
e-mail: mythinginaction at gmail dot com.
The music is “Song #9″ by Avagadros Number. I found them in podsafemusic and they are totally awesome.
Oops! It just came to my attention that my “About Priscilla” and “RoundTable pages aren’t working. I am working on it and hopefully it will not take too long to fix.