Myth in the Mojave
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Ensoulment: A Diverse Analysis of the Feminine in Western Culture with filmmaker Loris Simon Salum
12 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ensoulment is a film is about finding your true self and how to connect to the feminine without losing the masculine. It’s about the challenge facin...
Psyche, Matter, and Meaningful Coincidence: A conversation with Gary Bobroff
28 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
“We live in a world “which in some respects is mysterious; things can be experienced which remain inexplicable; not everything which happens can b...
Summer Solstice and Midsummer Visitors
21 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
“I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was.”–Shakespeare “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”...
Siddhartha’s “fairy tale” Quest for Enlightenment
14 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
All of us are looking for something at some point in our lives. You might be searching for love, truth, wholeness, or self-realization. Myths and fair...
Valemon the White Bear King (Part 2 of 2)
07 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This program includes Part 2 (that’s the ending) of the Norwegian fairy tale “Valemon the White Bear King.” Here is the central question: Where ...
Valemon the White Bear King (Part 1 of 2)
31 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A Norwegian fairy tale similar to “The Maiden King” and to “Psyche and Eros,” in the archetypal nature of the metaphors and narrative structur...
Goddesses: Mysteries of the Divine Feminine and Joseph Campbell with Dr. Safron Rossi
17 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In The Hero With a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell shared one his best known and most widely used ideas— the mythic pattern of the Hero’s Journey—...
Quests, tests, and the Baba Yaga: The Maiden King
10 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"The Maiden King" is another classic Russian fairy tale that features the Baba Yaga, only this time the hero is a young man named Ivan who i...
Vasilisa the Beautiful and the Symbolic Life
03 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In the Russian fairy tale “Vasilisa the Wise,” a dying mother gives her little daughter a doll and tells the girl to turn to it for help and comfo...
Poetry Is A Form of Revolution
26 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Poetry is the language of our time. It is a verbal excavation, digging us into and under that which is inarticulate, that which cannot be said but can...
Metaphor, Myth, and Poetry with poet Phillip Rosenberg
12 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
“Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has well been said that mythology is the penultimate truth— penultimate becau...
Who the #@! was Medusa? (Part 2 of 2)
15 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Medusa is a big topic and a figure that is as hard to pin down as her wriggling hair. In this program we take a longer look at some of Medusa’s myth...
Who the #@! was Medusa? (Part 1 of 2)
01 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Medusa is a fascinating and powerful figure from ancient Greek mythology. Her snakey hair and petrifying gaze have inspired countless images and stori...
Transformed by Love: The Frog Prince (a Musical)
22 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We know that love transforms us. But is it always through a kiss? That’s the popular version of this story but it’s not the original. This week’...
How to Read a Poem with Phillip Rosenberg
25 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
“. . . a metaphor is a myth in brief.” Giambattista VicoMany of the ancient myth are poems, Homer’s Odyssey and the Norse Poetic Edda, for examp...
Janus, January 1st, and the "New" Year
28 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This jam-packed mythological season has led us through an exploration of elves, Odin, Light, generosity, and little matchgirls. In this program we con...
"The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Andersen
21 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Solstice is the most celebrated day of the year. The annual descent into long, dark nights comes to an end, offering the opportunity for renewal, ...
Three Bags of Gold, an Eight-Legged Horse, & Magic Mushrooms
14 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
What’s the mythological link between these three things? Santa Claus. In this program I talk about some possible predecessors to the jolly guy we k...
The Shadow by Hans Christian Andersen (Part 2 of 2)
26 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The conclusion of Andersen’s fairy tale about a learned man and his independent shadow.Support the show
The Shadow by Hans Christian Andersen (Part 1 of 2)
19 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Andersen lived a kind of fairy tale life, the sort that starts off with the precocious son of a poor shoemaker and ends with a widely esteemed (albeit...
The Crescent Moon Bear
07 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The 50th anniversary of the March on Washington this past week brings to mind the power of collective action to bring about positive change. I’m esp...
Stephen Gerringer: Myth, Landscape & Salmon Boy (Part 2 of 2)
24 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 2 of this two-part series, Stephen Gerringer of the Joseph Campbell Foundation shares his thoughts about mythology, landscape, Native American...
Stephen Gerringer: Myth, Landscape & Salmon Boy (Part 1 of 2)
17 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Gerringer is one of the principle players (and I do mean play) at the Joseph Campbell Foundation, where he is captain of community outreach. H...
Grandmother Spider: A Creation Story
13 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Grandmother Spider is a central figure in the Hopi creation myths. Each of us has a creation myth. Whether we find our myth in religion, mythology, or...
The King & the Corpse (Part 2 of 2)
06 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The conclusion of this Persian tale from a collection by Heinrich Zimmer (edited by Joseph Campbell), called The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Sou...
The King & the Corpse (Part 1 of 2)
29 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Like Abu Kasem’s Slippers, this is another great Persian tale from a collection by Heinrich Zimmer (edited by Joseph Campbell), called The King and ...
Shadow and Light Go Together: Abu Kasem's Slippers
22 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
I found this Persian tale in a collection by Heinrich Zimmer (edited by Joseph Campbell), called The King and The Corpse: Tales of the Soul’s Conque...
Understanding the Story of Psyche & Eros (Part 3 of 3)
15 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
“We live between the act of awakening and the act of surrender.” John O’DonohueHalf myth, half fairy tale, this story was first told by Apuleius...
Sorting Seeds & Other Impossible Tasks: Psyche and Eros (Part 2 of 3)
08 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Half myth, half fairy tale, this story was first told by Apuleius in the 2nd century but it stills speaks to the mysteries of love and the challenge o...
Psyche & Eros: Is Love Blind (Part 1 of 3)
01 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Half myth, half fairy tale, this story was first told by Apuleius in the 2nd century but it stills speaks to the mysteries of love and the challenge o...
She Who Rides With the Wind: Myth, Music, and Oya
18 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a somewhat stormy week in the Mojave with lots of dramatic afternoon clouds, rogue winds, high humidity, and a few drops of rain. This mon...
Prometheus and the Gift of Fire (Part of 2)
11 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
You know the saying, “To the victor goes the spoils.” Well gold and jewels, land, slaves, and beautiful women are fine and good but what is even m...
Prometheus and the Gift of Fire (Part 1 of 2)
04 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we turn to the ancient Greek myth of Prometheus to continue our exploration of the archetypal Trickster. Prometheus is a trickster-lik...
Lessons from a Trickster: Eshu's Cap
27 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The archetypal Trickster is a fascinating figure in many mythologies. He is the embodiment of change, paradox, and the tensions in life that keep us m...
Coyote Keeps His Name and The Eye Juggler
20 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This episode includes two stories about one of my favorite mythological characters—the trickster known as Old Man Coyote. Trickster figures are very...