Myth Resources: a Database of All Things Mythological
From primary-coloured, straight guys to tarnished beings in a revisionist world, superheroes are our cultural barometer. From the blog post: “They’re our Greek myths,” says Laurence Maslon, the author of Superheroes!: Capes, Cowls, and...
This is a hand-made high school textbook created from 1998-2004 for a senior elective in World Mythology. There is no license or restriction – feel free to use, remix, etc. Here is an abridged...
This essay explores The Epic of Gilgamesh by fielding what Robert A. Segal, in his Theorizing About Myth, calls the “three major questions [that] can be asked of myth: what is its subject matter,...
One of the most common requests the Joseph Campbell Foundation receives is for Joseph Campbell’s reading list – the books he assigned in his mythology course at Sarah Lawrence College. It’s a lengthy list....
In Finding the Gold Within, filmmaker Karina Epperlein follows six young men as they enter their first year of college. Each has personal circumstances to overcome as he works to escape the straitjacket of...
ePublications / Practical Campbell Essays
In this Practical Campbell essay, Stephen Gerringer follows a single mythic image, letting it take him wherever the wind blows. Air, Wind, and Breath are subtle expressions of a universal archetype common not just...
ePublications / Practical Campbell Essays
Magick potions are the stuff of myth and faery tale – but might they be more than metaphor? In this Practical Campbell essay, Stephen Gerringer ponders the role sacred plants have played in religious...
ePublications / Practical Campbell Essays
In this Practical Campbell essay, guest columnist Dixie Haas discusses the tension between “the old soul and the new universe,” and explores how Joseph Campbell reconciles this dichotomy in the deeper harmony found between...
ePublications / Practical Campbell Essays
In this Practical Campbell essay, Stephen Gerringer examines the role of the arts in Joseph Campbell’s life and work, along the way touching on the roots of creativity. When reading Joseph Campbell, many people...
ePublications / Practical Campbell Essays
On Old World maps ancient cartographers marked unknown waters with the sign of the dragon – but do these dragons denote danger, or opportunity? In this Practical Campbell essay, Stephen Gerringer pursues dragon and...
