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This course surveys current thinking about the meaning of myth, including in spiritual and Theosophical communities, together with examples of different kinds of myth and clips from recent mythological films. The hero myth, especially as interpreted in Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces and its use in the Star Wars movies is emphasized.
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Myth is as powerful today as ever, nowhere more than in popular movies and television shows. An example is Star Trek, where modern versions of timeless archetypal figures and cosmic vistas resonate with ancient wisdom, now in futuristic guise. Referring to parts of four episodes from Star Trek: The Next Generation, the speaker discusses archetypal and theosophical implications from: Encounter at Farpoint, where the pilot creates a vast cosmos of immense...
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Creation myths from primal, ancient, and contemporary societies and religions are compared with scientific and theosophical perspectives. Native American, African, ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Greek sources, and Vedic and Hebrew scriptures give varied accounts about how we should live in order to fulfill who we really are.
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Professor Ellwood explores the major current theories of myth, from structuralist to psychoanalytic and archetypal, including Carl Jung's and Joseph Campbell's "personalization" of myth: he offers expamples of how each theory could be applied to the Christian mythos, together with observations on both the strengths and dangers of mythic thinking. He discusses the continued appeal of myth in our society as exemplified by The Wizard of Oz, The Lord...