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Using Heroes to Find your Living Myth: Superman, Projection and Unrealized Potential


I am happy to announce that MonoMyth.org has a book on the way! Every so often we’ll be sharing an excerpt for you all to read and hopefully comment on. Here is the one for the day:

Heroes in Myth vs. Fairy Tale

Pan’s LabyrinthContains Featurette:Power of MythSometimes you sit in your chair and you grab […]

New MonoMyth! : The Fountain


For those of you who are into interpreting very difficult stories, the Fountain is one for you. With rich symbolism, a tri-fold plot (three characters who are in essence one.)
In order to help understand this movie, I’ve written an article going through the steps and thought patterns involved in this story. I’ve also […]

Getting past the 2-D.


You know,
Its articles like this: Science Must Destroy Religion that make me question if Scientist-types deserve to be assumed as intelligent. I mean come on.
Though Sam Harris’ argument can make sense if you think of what it might be like for a Sciency-type to be frustrated over a failing war, apparently he is not […]

The Empire Strikes Back


MonoMyth Request: The Empire Strikes Back
Posted by: ovid on 03/15/2007 02:20 PM
Title: Empire Strikes Back ReasonforRequest: I am using this movie to teach archetypes to my 9th grade classes and I would appreciate some help.
Title: Epic of Gilgamesh
ReasonforRequest: I am trying to use this to teach archetypes to my 9th grade students.

Hello Rob,
I’d be […]