Returning to Eden
Heather Hamilton’s book, Returning to Eden, is a deeply personal, very readable and important story about her journey from the rigid, literalist world of evangelical Christianity to one where the Bible becomes a treasure trove...
Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
“As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals...
Questing for Our Personal Myth: Writing, Remembering, and Renewing Our Story through the Teachings of Joseph Campbell
Myths are living symbols. They serve each of us individually and collectively as guides to aid us in harmonizing our interior world with the surrounding landscape we inhabit. They serve us on a personal level...
Awaken to Your True Self: Why You’re Still Stuck and How to Break Through
Andrew Daniel’s Awaken to Your True Self: Why You’re Still Stuck and How to Break Through incorporates ideas of mythology and the hero’s journey for personal transformation. The book includes quotes Campbell, who Daniel names...
Time Crime
THE FUTURE IS THE PAST. AND THE PAST IS UNDER SIEGE. The architecture of Time itself is threatened and only Mr. Z.’s shrewd powers of observation, keenness for cosmic lore and psi-powered courage can avert...
Archetypal Figures in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”: Hemingway on Flight and Hospitality
Peer-reviewed archetypal/mythic literary analysis, published by Kent State University Press. The analysis of three recurring and related literary figures—the host, the guest, and the nemesis figure in pursuit of the guest—is key to illuminating not...
JCF In Conversation with poet and screenwriter Sjón about his 2021 film, “Lamb”
Author and JCF Associate John Bucher interviews renowned Icelandic poet and screenwriter Sjón about his new film, Lamb (2021). “Lamb (Icelandic: Dýrið, “The animal”) is a 2021 Icelandic drama film directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Sjón....