New JCF Mythological RoundTable®
We’re excited to share with you that a new JCF Mythological RoundTable® group is starting in the beautiful valley of Ojai! On Wednesday, October 26th, come and explore the far-reaching influences Joseph Campbell has has upon film in all of its mythic content. For more detailed i
Read MoreCall for Papers: Mythology in Contemporary Culture
The frequent appearance of mythological figures and motifs in all areas of popular culture speaks to the notion that mythologies, far from being relics of the past, continue to have significance in the contemporary world. Contemporary revisionings and reinterpretations of ancient myt
Read MoreMyth 101: The Battering Ram and the Spiral Tendency
The Ram’s horns are so often associated with a powerful and vigorous vitality displayed in the image of the Ram, who has become a rich symbol for, among many things, power and/or sexual, creative energy. Similar to Pan, the goat-god, the zodiacal sign of Aries, or Amun-Re, Egypt
Read MoreMyth 101: The Duende
From out of the alchemically green-gold valleys and hillsides of Andalusia, Spain, comes the myth and aesthetic experience of the duende. From “duen de casa” or, Master of the House, the duende is reminiscent of the Trickster, said to bring havoc and interruption when the home is upen
Read MoreIn Professor Joe’s words…
“The whole problem of mythology is how to contact immortal forces with our mortal forms. What is mortal will be transformed.” Joseph Campbell, L130 “Cosmogonic and Hero Cycles” 11/30/65, Sarah Lawrence
Read MoreProfessor Joe on becoming transparent to transcendence
“There’s nothing you can do that’s more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way, you will find, live, and become a realization of your own personal myth”. Joseph Campbell, Pathways to Bli
Read MoreOn myth and finding your immovable center…
“Life throws up around us these temptations, these distractions, and the problem is to find the immovable center within. Then you can survive anything. Myth will help you do that. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t go out on picket lines about at0omic research. Go ahead
Read MoreCampbell on what does myth does for you
“What myth does for you is to point beyond the phenomenal field toward the transcendent. A mythic figure is like a compass with one leg in the field of time and the other in the eternal. The image of god may look like a human or animal form, but its reference is transcendent to
Read MoreJCF Mythological RoundTable® Group at OPUS
New year, new Campbell book to dive into at our Mythological RoundTable® Group at OPUS! The book is The Mythic Dimension and contains a selection of essays that Campbell wrote between 1959 and 1987. The two main topics in this volume are mythology and history and mythology and the art
Read MoreMyth 101: Sophia
Sophia, (Σοφíα, Greek for “wisdom“). Sophia is the archetypal image of the feminine principle and thus partner to the masculine god. She is present in all traditions, mythologies, and religions – in Hinduism she is Shakti, in Egyptian myth she is called Isis. Traditi
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