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Resource date: November 8, 2019

Russian Linesman Musically Explores the Monomyth

Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth has inspired artists in virtually every field in both direct and indirect ways. Electronic music maverick, Russian Linesman recently completed a project that explores the Monomyth in six distinct acts. Each...
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Art and Friendship: Joseph Campbell and Angela Gregory in ‘A Dream and a Chisel’

Joseph Campbell and celebrated artist, Angela Gregory, met while they were both living in Paris, studying at the Sorbonne. Author Nancy L. Penrose details the initial encounters between the two in her book A...
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Resource date: April 18, 2019

Rey’s RISE OF SKYWALKER Flip Could Have Mythological Implications

Star Wars has operated in concert with Campbell’s work since the days of George Lucas and Luke Skywalker and The Hero With a Thousand Faces. It’s baked into the archetypal hero’s journey of Rey in the...

Resource date: September 25, 2017

A Quick Look

This video by Ministry Of Cinema, a YouTube channel that creates video essays on important figures, highlights Campbell’s teachings and its connections to cinema and storytelling as a whole. It seems as new forms of...

Article / Film & Video

Resource date: June 21, 1988

Moyers and Campbell

Recordings and TRANSCRIPTS of The Power of Myth, conducted by Bill Moyers and featuring Joseph Campbell, all recorded at George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch for PBS. Read the article published by Moyers & Company, which...

Film & Video

Resource date: October 2, 2017

Campbell and the Quest to Rediscover the Soul of Microsoft!

Those familiar with the Minecraft® Hero’s JourneyTM interactive game software have witnessed the influence of Joseph Campbell in Microsoft’s work. Is Campbell a helper in the rediscovery of soul–for the company? As Satya Nadella,...

Article

Resource date: February 2, 2016

Being A Hero

In this wonderful read, Canadian Olympic athlete Clara Hughes explains why The Hero With A Thousand Faces was the book to help her through lonely years and personal struggle. CBC Books’s article shows that Mythology can...

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Resource date: November 5, 2019

Edward Norton Cites Joseph Campbell in Creating Motherless Brooklyn

The work of Joseph Campbell has been cited by numerous filmmakers as significant to their creative process. Academy Award nominee, Edward Norton recently discussed the role of the mythologist in his own work. “I...

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Resource date: November 8, 2019

Fate of the Fallen Subverts the Hero’s Journey in Delightful Ways

Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey continues to be explored by storytellers in every medium, even by subverting it. New York Times best selling author, Kel Kade’s Fate of the Fallen, available from Tor Books, fulfills...

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Resource date: September 23, 2019

The Hero Gets Another Thousand Faces at Wndr’s Exhibit

In an article for the Chicago Tribune, photos from Wndr’s new exhibit called “All Heroes Need A Guide,” give readers a glimpse into the project themed around Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero with a Thousand...

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Resource date: September 23, 2019

Alter Bridge’s new Album “Walk the Sky” Inspired by Joseph Campbell

Michael Lello, writing for New York Post’s website, highlights the band Alter Bridge and notes Joseph Campbell as inspiration for their new album. While working on creating a new sound for “Walk the Sky”...

Article / Film & Video

Resource date: September 24, 2019

Ad Astra and the Flawed Hero

In a post for Asia One, James Mottram gives insight into the creation of James Grays’ newest film, Ad Astra, and how Gray drew from Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces. He wanted his...

Article / Film & Video

Resource date: August 26, 2019

Why We Watch Movies – It All Comes Down To Biology

Joseph Campbell gifted us one global story that was based on thousands of myths and legends and the reason why stories such as Star Wars are so relatable are because of our universal biology....

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Resource date: September 5, 2019

Clay Tweel’s ‘Out of Omaha’ Employs Campbell’s Hero’s Journey

Clay Tweel’s new documentary, Out of Omaha, follows the lives of Darcell and Darrell Trotter, two black men coming of age in Omaha. As a documentary filmmaker, Tweel’s vision is to blur the lines...

Film & Video / Podcast

Resource date: October 3, 2019

“MEMORY: The Origins of Alien” Explores Campbell, Modern Myth

Filmmaker Alexandre Philippe’s documentary, Memory: The Origins of Alien, dives deep into the making of the classic movie but also explores the mythic aspects of the franchise and how those mythical motifs are linked...

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Resource date: September 23, 2019

Jean Erdman, a legend & pioneer, combined together dance & myth

Jean Erdman is a magical, pioneering legend whose name I would guess doesn’t ring a bell for many of you. Yet she touched, influenced and transformed 20th century consciousness of myth and culture in...

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Resource date: October 2, 2018

Butterflies and Soul Journeys

In an article for Black Voice News, S. E. Williams highlights a book written by Queen Shamala that deeply parallels the work of Joseph Campbell and The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Dr. Queen...

Joseph Campbell in Culture

Russian Linesman Musically Explores the Monomyth

Art and Friendship: Joseph Campbell and Angela Gregory in ‘A Dream and a Chisel’

Rey’s RISE OF SKYWALKER Flip Could Have Mythological Implications

A Quick Look

Moyers and Campbell

Campbell and the Quest to Rediscover the Soul of Microsoft!

Being A Hero

Edward Norton Cites Joseph Campbell in Creating Motherless Brooklyn

Fate of the Fallen Subverts the Hero’s Journey in Delightful Ways

The Hero Gets Another Thousand Faces at Wndr’s Exhibit

Alter Bridge’s new Album “Walk the Sky” Inspired by Joseph Campbell

Ad Astra and the Flawed Hero

Why We Watch Movies – It All Comes Down To Biology

Clay Tweel’s ‘Out of Omaha’ Employs Campbell’s Hero’s Journey

“MEMORY: The Origins of Alien” Explores Campbell, Modern Myth

Jean Erdman, a legend & pioneer, combined together dance & myth

Butterflies and Soul Journeys

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