Tag Archives: Joseph Campbell

Bookshelf: Mythos and Cosmos

John Lundwall’s Mythos and Cosmos stands in a line of brilliant and essential books that pierce through the fog of modernity to ask the question: what were our ancestors thinking? In particular, Lundwall examines the connections among mythology, liturgy, and … Continue reading

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Convention Highlights: FanX 2014

I admit I entered into my first panel with some trepidation: the idea of litigating zombie civil rights is hilarious, but I greatly feared that I was going to do a bad job.  And, as it turned out, I lost. … Continue reading

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Essential Classics: The Hero with a Thousand Faces

You should only read this book if you either write stories or read them. Joseph Campbell explains why all stories and all heroes are really the same hero in the same story.  Gilgamesh is Frodo Baggins is Odysseus is Luke … Continue reading

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