Campbell in Culture
According to Sylvester Stallone, each generation must discover itself through storytelling. Campbell was a large influence not only in this idea, but also in his reasoning for joining Guardians of the Galaxy 2. “Early...
In this piece, Indie Film Hustle elaborates more on the influence Campbell played in the creation of the Star Wars mythos. If not for Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey, the world would likely have missed...
CNN recently published an article on how we often find ourselves feeling stagnate in our careers, ready for something new to happen. Whether it’s the increased desire for a promotion, or the calling to...
Alexandra Petri, a Star Wars enthusiast and blogger for The Washington Post, wonders if the new franchise stories will only be modern adaptations of previous films, or stories in their own right. It is...
Joe Heim writes for The Washington Post about retired professor Stanley Abbott, who presents an interesting approach to deal with stress and cancel out its negative side effects. Much like the Hero’s Journey, life has...
On Truth Out, producer of the “The Power Of Myth” series, Bill Moyers writes about American politics, language corrosion and the need for young people to know their past and history, as well as...
Tim Suttle writes an article on Patheos dedicated to all who anxiously await the arrival of the new Star Wars movie. Doubts and fears about where director J.J. Abrams will take the saga can be a...
Salon‘s highly analytical article by John Higgs explores the changes that the Star Wars saga and the Mono-myth story structure had in Hollywood and in Storytelling. In today’s film world, Science Fiction is considered...
In this informal and fun interview for The Huffington Post, “Eat, Pray, Love” ‘s author Elizabeth Gilbert, talks about the Road Of Trials that everyone must face while searching for their true purpose. Using Joseph Campbell’s...
The National Catholic Review offers gives a religious spin to Campbell’s interest in the pivotal moment when humanity first entered space. Campbell argued that it was at this moment we entered an age of...
