Joseph Campbell

Nitsche, Michael 'From Faerie Tale to Adventure Game' in: Playing the Universe, Games and Gaming in Science Fiction, ed. by Pawel Frelik and Dave Mead (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Press, Lublin, 2007), 209-229 (final draft version)

by Michael Nitsche

El camino del héroe: entre lo sagrado y lo profano

by Jaime Ruíz Noé

Publicado en Acta sociológica (México), enero-abril, núm. 57, 2012, pp. 185-196. ISSN: 0186-6028

El valor del mito religioso, tanto para el hombre religioso como para el hombreprofano, es fundamental, ya que, como... more El valor del mito religioso, tanto para el hombre religioso como para el hombreprofano, es fundamental, ya que, como afirma Jung, la psique humanamantiene una función religiosa como tal. En particular, el mito de la aventuradel héroe mantiene su vigencia para la mentalidad del homo religiosus, comolo demuestra Joseph Campbell, quien ha enfocado esta cuestión a partir desus implicaciones psicológicas, y Mircea Eliade, quien la enfoca desde elterreno de la antropología y la filosofía. Aquí se busca conciliar la perspectivade ambos pensadores, pues coinciden en que la aventura del héroe seestructura a partir de los ritos de iniciación. Por último, se busca concluir conuna reflexión en torno al valor del mito para el hombre moderno, recurriendoa la segunda ingenuidad propuesta por el filósofo francés Paul Ricoeur.

The Myth behind Middle Earth - a modern mythmaker's saga

by Felix Abrudan

University Seminar Paper.

Stand In Awe: A Parable About Love, Youth, & Change

by Horace Columbus Neal II

Draft N: December 9, 2011 - It is finished.

This is a simple three-page short story that calls for a reflection on the core need of today's troubled youth. In 36... more This is a simple three-page short story that calls for a reflection on the core need of today's troubled youth. In 36 CE, a group of rowdy, Cushite-Hebrew youths go to see the Roman crucifixions, hoping to have some fun taunting the victims. Their encounter at one man's cross causes them to stand in awe. Notes and images follow the narrative to aid the readers' conceptualization of some of the story's themes. The story is thematically multilayered to facilitate productive discussions on a number of topics.

The Problem of Woman as Hero in the Work of Joseph Campbell

by Sarah Nicholson

Feminist Theology January 2011 vol. 19 no. 2 182-193

http://fth.sagepub.com/content/19/2/182.short?rss=1&ssource=mfr&patientinform-links=yes&legid=spfth;19/2/182

Through the frame of the Sumerian myth of Inanna, this essay explores Joseph Campbell’s body of work on the hero’s... more Through the frame of the Sumerian myth of Inanna, this essay explores Joseph Campbell’s body of work on the hero’s journey and living mythology. Particular focus is placed on examining both the place of woman as hero and the symbol of woman for the (male) hero in Campbell’s work. This essay suggests that Campbell’s theories present both possibilities and problems from the perspective of feminist analysis for the representation of woman as hero.

Putting Osiris Back Together: Reclaiming Culture and Story in Egyptian Mythology

by David Ketter

Senior thesis. Co-authored with Marlin Klingensmith. Presented at Geneva College, April 2010.

A new framework for engaging with mythology. A new framework for engaging with mythology.

Technology and mythic narrative: The Matrix as technological hero-quest

by Scott R. Stroud

The Boy Who Didn't Know Who-He-Was: An Existential Fairytale (With Psychological Commentary)

by Ronald L. Boyer

This is a paper recently prepared for a methodology class assignment.

This student paper consists of an original short story, in the form of a fairytale, with accompanying psychological... more This student paper consists of an original short story, in the form of a fairytale, with accompanying psychological commentary on the numerous mythopoeic or archetypal symbols that appear (spontaneously) in the text, from a Jungian perspective. Extensive notes and references are included for the reader interested in archetypal psychology and its interface with creative process, particularly the construction of written narratives.

Key Archetypes in the Celtic Myth of Tristan and Isolde: A Brief Introduction

by Ronald L. Boyer

    This paper was written as a course assignment in Cross-Cultural Symbolism at Sonoma State University.  I originally discovered the myth, a favorite of Joseph Campbell, in 1998, and was inspired to write a book on subject, abandoned when the research notes and rough draft approached the scope of Frazer's Golden Bough.  I eventually intend to take it up again, slice by slice, in the form of a series of essays on each of the major archetypal motifs found in the Tristan mythologem.  In the meantime, this essay serves as an introduction to this uniquely compelling and artistically popular archetypal narrative.
    In addition to scholarly treatment, I was inspired to write a screenplay for motion pictures, but abandoned the project when a competing screenwriter beat me to production. The movie "Tristan and Isolde" that resulted was unsatisfactory to me and audiences worldwide, it appears, being a very different story than the one told by the poets who preserved this amazing story through the ages.  I am currently revising the feature script for a foreign film version, since it has been fairly recently produced as a movie in the American market.

This paper provides a brief introductory interpretation of some key archetypal motifs in the Celtic mythology of... more This paper provides a brief introductory interpretation of some key archetypal motifs in the Celtic mythology of Tristan and Isolde.  The interpretation is based on elements taken from numerous interpreters of the myth, from Thomas of Brittany and Gottfried von Strassburg to the contemporary retelling by the French scholar, Joseph Bedier, from which the current author’s narrative is largely derived.  An archetypal tale of forbidden love, the story of Tristan and Isolde is one of the most profound and thoroughly developed archetypal stories of the hero journey, utilizing more than 60 archetypal symbols and motifs, rich with metaphorical imagery closely corresponding to the images found abundantly in the world’s myths, rites, shamanic initiations and Jung’s individuation process.  The narrative is augmented with amplification by archetypal images appearing in the Celtic tale that are also found in mythopoeic narratives of the ancient Greeks, Hebrews and other cultures.  Possible psychological meanings of the images are indicated, and a bibliography is provided for further research.

Key Archetypes in the Celtic Myth of Tristan and Isolde: A Brief Introduction

by Ronald L. Boyer

    This paper was written as a course assignment in Cross-Cultural Symbolism at Sonoma State University.  I originally discovered the myth, a favorite of Joseph Campbell, in 1998, and was inspired to write a book on subject, abandoned when the research notes and rough draft approached the scope of Frazer's Golden Bough.  I eventually intend to take it up again, slice by slice, in the form of a series of essays on each of the major archetypal motifs found in the Tristan mythologem.  In the meantime, this essay serves as an introduction to this uniquely compelling and artistically popular archetypal narrative.
    In addition to scholarly treatment, I was inspired to write a screenplay for motion pictures, but abandoned the project when a competing screenwriter beat me to production. The movie "Tristan and Isolde" that resulted was unsatisfactory to me and audiences worldwide, it appears, being a very different story than the one told by the poets who preserved this amazing story through the ages.  I am currently revising the feature script for a foreign film version, since it has been fairly recently produced as a movie in the American market.

This paper provides a brief introductory interpretation of some key archetypal motifs in the Celtic mythology of... more This paper provides a brief introductory interpretation of some key archetypal motifs in the Celtic mythology of Tristan and Isolde.  The interpretation is based on elements taken from numerous interpreters of the myth, from Thomas of Brittany and Gottfried von Strassburg to the contemporary retelling by the French scholar, Joseph Bedier, from which the current author’s narrative is largely derived.  An archetypal tale of forbidden love, the story of Tristan and Isolde is one of the most profound and thoroughly developed archetypal stories of the hero journey, utilizing more than 60 archetypal symbols and motifs, rich with metaphorical imagery closely corresponding to the images found abundantly in the world’s myths, rites, shamanic initiations and Jung’s individuation process.  The narrative is augmented with amplification by archetypal images appearing in the Celtic tale that are also found in mythopoeic narratives of the ancient Greeks, Hebrews and other cultures.  Possible psychological meanings of the images are indicated, and a bibliography is provided for further research.

"American Education: The Horror of Experience"

by Gregory Nixon

@ American Soul - *Spring 62: A Journal of Archetype & Culture*, 1998. 55-70.

In this piece I wonder within what archetypal configuration(s) American schooling largely takes place. I look at the... more In this piece I wonder within what archetypal configuration(s) American schooling largely takes place. I look at the present and give a brief review of the past to conclude that education denies archetypal experience by denying experience itself, thus itself being "godless" (except for the senex aspect of all institutions). Experiential learning—the life of soul and senses—is left to popular culture. Comparing Joseph Campbell's four mythological functions to the function of education, I find function three is the both the raison d'être and the modus operandi of most American schooling. By looking at the reaction to the loaded term "drugs" as a metaphor, I conclude both American education and the "general public" deeply fear transformative experience. I suggest no reforms, but offer only this lament.