Joseph Campbell Foundation

2013 New Mythos Research Grant: New Mythos II: James Hillman and Archetypal Psychology Print |

OPUS Archives and Research Center announces the second New Mythos Research Grant, which focuses on JAMES HILLMAN, one of the most spirited, radical and brilliant individuals of our time. Inspired by his courageous, deep questioning of so many key aspects of our culture, OPUS encourages New Mythos II grant applicants to follow Hillman's lead in searching out the New Stories of our time, shining a mythological, archetypal and depth psychological light on critical social, artistic, cultural, environmental or artistic issues.

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Joseph Campbell in Popular Culture: The Mythology of Burning Man Print |

In yet another Huffington Post contribution, Derek Beres, author of Global Beat Fusion: The History of the Future of Music, focuses on Burning Man through the lens of Joseph Campbell's "Four Functions of Myth."

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Study of Myth on Huffington Post Print |

In the latter half of the 20th century, mythologist Joseph Campbell's vast body of work -- from "The Hero With A Thousand Faces" in 1949 to the broadcast of "Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers" just months after his passing -- resuscitated interest in comparative mythology...

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The Message of the Myth Print |

This week on Bill Moyers' podcast, listen in as he and mythologist Joseph Campbell compare creation myths from the bible and elsewhere, and talk about how religions and mythologies need to change with time in order to maintain their relevance in peoples’ lives.

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Bill Moyers interviewing Joseph Campbell

A Pair of New Joseph Campbell Lectures Print |

JCF announces two more Joseph Campbell audio releases, available for download now. These are the seventh and eighth lectures in Series II, Volume 1 (A Brief History of World Mythology).

Click on the individual album covers below to access and download each lecture - or visit our audio download page to see other Joseph Campbell lectures - currently available as our Thank You Gift with a donation of $5.99. (These can eventually be purchased over iTunes® and Amazon; however, if you download from JCF, the full amount of your donation will be spent on Foundation programs).

The thirty lectures in JCF's recently completed Series I had been previously available in CD format. Series II, however, consists of rarely heard recordings unavailable to the general public - until now!

Lecture II.1.7 - Thomas Mann and James Joyce
by Joseph Campbell
$5.99

Lecture II.1.8 - Grail Mythology
by Joseph Campbell
$5.99

Six Degrees of Integration: ROW6 Print |

In keeping with JCF’s commitment to promote cross-cultural dialog, the Foundation is pleased to share news of the debut of ROW6.com, an online global community designed to transcend the separations that exist between individuals in different cultures. Also supported by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the Global Partnership Forum, ROW6.com takes its cue from Joseph Campbell’s observation that “When you see the Earth from the moon, you don’t see any divisions there of nations or states. This might be the symbol, really, for the new mythology to come.”

Growing out of a multiplatform anthropological project called “The Hero with Seven Billion Faces” that aims to get the world talking through storytelling, the goal, in the words of ROW6.com founder June Sarpong, MBE, is for “people to start uploading their own stories, people to start connecting with people around the world as friends, based on our shared experiences but also embracing our differences."

The ROW6 site is still in the beta testing stage – but those who are touched by Joseph Campbell’s vision are invited to visit, join, share “outside the box” observations and personal stories that will help the ROW6 team work out glitches and prepare for their global launch in the next few weeks.

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