Pathways with Joseph Campbell Podcast
1) Bonus: Maya and the Mask of the Divine
Recorded in 1966 at Sarah Lawrence College, this lecture follows Joseph Campbell through the symbolic ascent of Kundalini yoga - moving from instinct and desire at the base of the spine to the awakeni...Show More
2) EP 48: The Vitality of Myth
In this episode called “The Vitality of Myth,” recorded at the Cooper Union in 1973, Joseph Campbell explores why modern life feels spiritually thin and psychologically unmoored. Campbell argues that ...Show More
3) Bonus: Archetypes of the Christ Legend
In this bonus episode, "Archetypes of the Christ Legend", recorded at Mann Ranch in 1971, Joseph Campbell explores the Christ story not as literal history but as mythic revelation. Tracing shared arch...Show More
4) EP 47: Mythology & Folklore
In this 1966 lecture recorded at the Cooper Union, Joseph Campbell presents mythology as humanity’s oldest response to the awareness of death and selfhood. Across cultures, myth arises not as history ...Show More
5) Bonus: The Gods of Egypt
Recorded in 1963 for WNET-TV New York, this rare lecture features Joseph Campbell guiding us through the long, layered emergence of The Gods of Egypt, tracing how five millennia of cultural mingling -...Show More
6) EP 46: Symbols of the Christian Faith
In this episode of Pathways with Joseph Campbell, we explore Campbell’s 1976 lecture Symbols of the Christian Faith, where he examines how the great motifs of Christianity - creation, fall, redemption...Show More
7) Bonus: The Shaman and the Priest
In this bonus lecture from Campbell’s WNDT TV days in the early 1960's, The Shaman and the Priest, he contrasts two ancient spiritual lineages: the lone visionary who gains power through ordeal, and t...Show More
8) EP 45: Dead Sea Scrolls / No God but God
In this episode, we present audio from two rare televised lectures from Joseph Campbell’s early public-broadcast career — Dead Sea Scrolls and No God but God — originally aired on WNDT in New York in ...Show More
9) Bonus: Psychological Implications of Mythology (Part 2 )
In this bonus episode, The Psychological Implications of Mythology (Part 2), we continue Joseph Campbell’s exploration of depth psychology—moving from Freud and Adler into the profound insights of Car...Show More
10) EP 44: Early Europe and the Celtic Tradition
In this episode of Pathways called “Early Europe and the Celtic Tradition,” we travel back to Joseph Campbell’s 1970 lecture at Sarah Lawrence College, where he traces the mythic roots of Europe - fro...Show More