Brothers Charley and Vlas Parlapanides, creators of the Netflix series The Blood of Zeus, have cited Joseph Campbell and the Hero’s Journey as having an inspirational presence in the show. “We always said, ‘This is very Joseph Campbell,’ and Lucas…
Jean Sergent, contributing writer for The Spinoff, explored how Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey is being used and subverted by popular television shows such as Game of Thrones and Gangs of London. Referring to the stages in the Hero’s Journey, Sergent…
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…
Osgood “Oz” Perkins, son of acclaimed actor Anthony Perkins of Psycho fame, talked recently about the lens he brought to his latest film, Gretel and Hansel. “Fairytales are elementally rooted in the collective unconscious. Whether you’re approaching storytelling through Joseph…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
In an article for the Chicago Tribune, photos from Wndr’s new exhibit called “All Heroes Need A Guide,” give readers a glimpse into the project themed around Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero with a Thousand Faces.” The exhibit features experiential installations…
Joseph Campbell gifted us one global story that was based on thousands of myths and legends and the reason why stories such as Star Wars are so relatable are because of our universal biology. We have mirror neurons that causes…
Salon‘s highly analytical article by John Higgs explores the changes that the Star Wars saga and the Mono-myth story structure had in Hollywood and in Storytelling. In today’s film world, Science Fiction is considered exciting, inventive and highly profitable. But…
The Conversation recently published a summary of Campbell’s work, helping to spread his theories and ideas. It gives the full scope of his work, ranging from his earliest writings, to adaptions that were made after his death, such as Vogler’s The…
Watch this CNN interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt, The Atlantic’s Molly Ball and The Baltimore Sun’s David Zurawik, brought in to discuss Hillary Clinton’s political journey throughout her campaign. Comparing Clinton’s trajectory to the Mono-Myth structure laid out by…
Gideon Linchfield writes for The Atlantic about near-death-experience survivors, who have much to tell about their journey to the other world. The many reports of what happened to them have been studied by scientist world-wide, but with no conclusive answer so far.…
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