In an article for The Washington Post, Peter Manseau, curator of American religion at the Smithsonian, outlined the journey musician Taylor Swift takes in her 2012 breakup ballad “All Too Well” through the lens of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth. He states,…
Kendra Levin’s book The Hero Is You opens readers up to the possibility that they are the hero of their own lives — an idea that offers focus and purpose. Levin bases her method on the teachings of Joseph Campbell, and…
In an interview with Playbill, Tony winner André De Shields, star of Hadestown, recommended everyone read Joseph Campbell’s The Hero With A Thousand Faces, during the period of Broadway’s shutdown. De Shield’s current project, Hadestown, is a retelling of the…
Berlin-based musician and producer, Enda Gallery, who writes and records music under the name Delush, Whose work has been featured on the BBC’s popular adaptation of ‘Normal People’ recently cited Joseph Campbell and the concept of the Hero’s Journey as…
Darren Hayes, musician and member of the band Savage Garden, cited Joseph Campbell and his concept of the Hero’s Journey as being greatly influential in his life. In an interview about his love for Star Wars on StarWars.com, Hayes states,…
Oxford PhD student, Josh Ettinger cites Joseph Campbell and his book, The Hero With a Thousand Faces, as powerful resources for storytelling within the sciences. In an article for Nature.com, Ettinger states, “When scientists describe their research to audiences outside…
Australian writer-director Mirrah Foulkes followed Joseph Campbell’s classic hero journey structure for her latest film, Judy and Punch, starring Mia Wasikowska. “That,” she said, “was intentional: leaning on that hero structure and subverting it. Like showing our relationship to violence…
Forbes contributor, Dede Henley, shares in her recent article Reframe Quaratine as an Adventure and Become Its Hero, her admiration for Joseph Campbell and his classic work, The Hero With a Thousand Faces. Applying Campbell and his book to current…
In the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, medical professionals are being honored for their sacrifice and significance in this season. Some doctors are pointing to Joseph Campbell in order to help others better understand their heroic work and the journey…
“A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow…
NBA legend, Kobe Bryant, who died on January 26, had been vocal about his study of Joseph Campbell, and specifically The Hero’s Journey. Ramona Shelburne, a reporter for ESPN, recounted her conversations with Bryant about Campbell and his work. “We…
Mark Peterson is a philosophy professor at UW-Milwaukee’s College of General Studies, where he co-teaches a course on superheroes and mythology. “The actual structure of the course is an application of semiotic theory to unpacking whether or not metaphorical, mythical…
Musician, Vernon Reid, front man for the legendary rock band Living Color, recently invoked Joseph Campbell when talking about the influence of Jimi Hendrix on music. “Hendrix is like a Joseph Campbell character, a hero with a thousand faces,’” Reid…
“It’s no secret that Star Wars director George Lucas was profoundly influenced by comparative mythologist and literature professor Joseph Campbell and his seminal work The Hero With A Thousand Faces (1949). In case you don’t know what that book contains, here’s a very brief summary of…
Hina Siddiqui, programme coordinator of The Heroine’s Journey Festival, says, “The objective of the programme is to start a dialogue towards evolving the representation of women and femme people in the arts and media. Through the festival, we hope to…
Disney’s new Star Wars series, The Mandalorian, has many analyzing the show and bringing up one of Star Wars creator George Lucas’s key sources in creating the original films — Joseph Campbell. Jon Favreau, creator of The Mandalorian, has been…
Amanda Etter, director of University of San Diego’s Military and Veterans Program (MVP) and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, coordinated the theme, “Our Stories, Our Journeys.” She said was inspired by author Joseph Campbell’s book, The Hero with a Thousand…
Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth has inspired artists in virtually every field in both direct and indirect ways. Electronic music maverick, Russian Linesman recently completed a project that explores the Monomyth in six distinct acts. Each song is named after the relevant…
Star Wars has operated in concert with Campbell’s work since the days of George Lucas and Luke Skywalker and The Hero With a Thousand Faces. It’s baked into the archetypal hero’s journey of Rey in the sequel trilogy, and one key moment…
Michael Pulliam writes for the The Maui News about MAPA Live’s production of “Into the Woods, comparing the musical to Joseph Campbell’s mythology classic, “The Hero with a Thousand Faces.” The article goes over Campbell’s Mono-myth and the Hero’s Journey, explaining how the…
Todd Leopold writes for CNN.com about The Beatles, their success and the stories that were told of them. According to Leopold, the group’s fame grew so big that the myths revolving the band became bigger than facts, and now it…
Samuel Brace writes for the website Flickering Myth about Sylvester Stallone and his role on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2. Influenced by Joseph Campbell’s A Hero With a Thousand Faces, Stallone speaks on different generation’s heroes and myths, happy to…
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