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The Joseph Campbell Foundation has partnered with Literati to create the Jospeh Campbell Myth & Meaning Book Club. The club features a curated monthly title, selected by mythologists and Campbell scholars as well as leaders from other disciplines with a…

Joseph Campbell wrote the narration for this fascinating exploration of Mayan culture. For more on the civilization of the Maya — and in particular their concept of time — see Primitive Mythology (Masks of God vol. 1)

Joseph Campbell explores the symbolism of the “third eye” chakra — the eye of transcendent consciousness. For more on the third eye and the kundalini yoga, see Myths of Light and Mythos The Shaping of Our Mythic Tradition.

Joseph Campbell discusses the fifth (throat) cakra in the kundalini yoga system. For more on kundalini and the cakes, see The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Mythology as Metaphor and as Religion or Mythos II: The Shaping of the Eastern…

For more on Navajo sand painting rituals, see Joseph Campbell’s The Inner Reaches of Outer Space ()

Joseph Campbell continues exploring C.G. Jung’s idea of the Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious by looking at Jung’s concept of the Persona/Personae — the aspects of one’s personality that been shaped from outside, by the society in which one lives.…

Mythologist Joseph Campbell explores the nostoi or homecomings of the Greek heroes from the Trojan War and the events of the Iliad — the most famous of which is Agammemnon’s. He explores the tension between the patriarchal principles of the warrior…

From Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers (), episode 4, “Sacrifice and Bliss” — the mythologist and the journalist discuss the idea of bliss (Sanskrit — ananda), and how it can come to serve as a wellspring…

Joseph Campbell explores the outline of Odysseus’ long journey back to his home, Ithaca, and to his beloved, Penolope. For more on the Homeric legends, see Joseph Campbell’s Masks of God, vol. 4: Occidental Mythology () and Goddesses ()

Joseph Campbell retells the Navajo story, Where the Two Came to Their Father, discussing the climax of the story, where the two heroes approach the home of their father the Sun. For a full discussion of this story, see Mythos…

Mythologist Joseph Campbell explores the earliest history of human religion, looking at bear cults from the time of Neanderthals to the modern day. To learn more about humanity’s first mythologies, see Mythos I: The Shaping of Our Mythic Tradition (www.jcf.org/works/titles/the-shaping-of-our-mythic-tradition/)…

Joseph Campbell discusses the symbolism of the heart cakra, the site of the birth of the spiritual as opposed to the physical life. For more on the symbolism of the kundalini and of the cakras, see Mythos: The Shaping of…

Joseph Campbell briefly tells the story of the Arthurian Romance, Yvain — a story of adventure, love, and heroic fulfillment. For more on the Arthurian Romances, grail quests, and the knights of the Round Table, see Joseph Campbell’s, Mythos: The Shaping…

Joseph Campbell continues exploring C.G. Jung’s idea of the Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious by looking at myth in relationship to Jung’s concept of the Persona system — the aspects of one’s personality that been shaped by the society. Campbell…

Joseph Campbell continues exploring C.G. Jung’s idea of the Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious by looking at Jung’s concept of Projection as it pertains to the Shadow —the way in which we take internal, unconscious, negative images that we’ve surpressed…

Joseph Campbell continues exploring C.G. Jung’s idea of the Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious by looking at Jung’s concept of the Shadow — the aspects of one’s personality that one has submerged — and looks at how it serves as…

Joseph Campbell shares Oglala Sioux medicine man Black Elk’s mythic vision of the interconnected world. For more on Black Elk and the mythic world of his vision, that of the Navajo origin myths, and of modern society, see The Inner…

Through the story of Achilles, mythologist Joseph Campbell explores the masculine mythology of The Iliad as opposed to the more balanced mythology of The Odyssey. For more on the myths of the Homeric epics, see Masks of God: Occidental Mythology…

Mythologist Joseph Campbell explores the earliest tales of the quest for the Holy Grail. For more concerning the Grail and the Knights of the Round Table, see Mythos: The Shaping of Our Mythic Tradition (jcf.org/works/mythos-series) or Romance of the Grail:…

Joseph Campbell looks at one of the most characteristic quest tests: the Sword Bridge. For more on this motif and the spiritual lesson behind it, see Joseph Campbell’s Mythos: The Shaping of Our Mythic Tradition (jcf.org/works/mythos-series) or Romance of the…

Joseph Campbell continues exploring C.G. Jung’s idea of the Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious by looking at Jung’s concept of Projection —the way in which we take internal, unconscious images and overlay them onto real-world creatures. The lecture from which…