Sharing in the Journey of the Hero
This is an on-line classroom that I have created for my 9th grade students. They partake in The Sixty Day Sojourn project before beginning their short story writing. During The 60 Day Sojourn, we work through...
Joseph Campbell Foundation Myth Resources
The Mythic Path: Discovering the Guiding Stories of Your Past-Creating a Vision for Your Future
Psychologists Feinstein and Krippner show us how to take responsibility for renewing our personal “guiding” mythologies. These myths establish our identity and provide a sense of direction and self-worth. The book explains how to...
The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
The Writer’s Journey explores the powerful relationship between mythology and storytelling in a clear, concise style that’s made it required reading for movie executives, screenwriters, playwrights, scholars, and fans of pop culture all over...
American Indian Myths and Legends
A comprehensive and diverse collection of American Indian myths and legends, starting from creation and moving though the ordeals of the hero and on to the end of the world.
The Drawing Lesson
Mary Martin subtly reflects Campbellian themes in this character-driven work of fiction. Artist Alexander Wainwright, whose command of light and image has earned the coveted Turner Prize, is in danger of losing sight of the light...
Ruby Slippers, LLC – The Heroine’s Journey
Using the framework of “the Hero’s Journey,” as identified throughout world mythologies by Joseph Campbell, Susanna Liller is “the Heroine’s Coach,” working with women one-on-one, in groups, teleseminars and webinars, to guide them through “the Heroine’s...
A Box of Rain: Lyrics: 1965-1993
Grateful Dead lyrics were greatly influenced by Campbell, plus all Hunter Lyrics offer divine room for personal reflection and meditation.
The Folklore Society
The Folklore Society (FLS) was founded in 1878 and was one of the first organisations in the world devoted to the study of traditional culture. The term ‘folklore’ describes the overarching concept that holds together...
Life of Pi
What starts out as a reminisence of a boy’s heroic journey, shipwrecked and adrift, blossoms into an extremely powerful evocation of the power of metaphor & myth. Can’t say more without saying too much!...
The Rebirth of the Hero
In a work of wide-ranging scope and insight, Le Grice analyzes myths, religious texts, and scenes from a number of popular films–Jason and the Argonauts, Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, and more–to...
