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MonoMyth.org Podcast Episode #1 - The Myth of How Abalone got her Color


After a bit of re-working the internals of the site, I’m ready to provide more content and I can’t think of a better way than to start than doing podcasts.
Here is the first episode telling the first of many myths along with a short discussion at the end on themes, what stuck in […]

MonoMyth Video - Hero’s Journey of Beowulf


Since it topped the box office last weekend, here is a video recording I did of the original Beowulf monomyth (Hero’s Journey) cycle. I’ve heard the film doesn’t match with the original, but I have yet to see it.
Hope it helps you all!

MonoMyth.org Video - Journey of Odysseus


Here is a short video we recorded to do walk-throughs of charting the MonoMyth / Hero’s Journey. Though this one is not of the MonoMyth / Hero’s Journey of the Odyssey , it is the chronological steps of Odysseus’ voyage home.

We hope to do more of these videos, if it is helpful for […]

Staying Motivated using Symbolism


This is a great technique, I’ve used it in personal ritual design and the like. Milton Erickson and Robert Johnson both deal highly with enacting a rite using myth and symbolism, basically enacting the myth.

“One of my professors that I respect deeply is known to say, with some frequency, “Chinese medicine is symbol science.” […]

Minotauromaquia


here is a great artistic piece recommended:

feel free to let us know if you run across anything at all.