One of the greatest storytellers of our time, and arguably the greatest mythologist, Joseph Campbell spent most of his long, rich career explaining how ancient myths like the Hero’s Journey are ...

Mythology and the Hero’s Journey became pervasive throughout film culture and history as generation after generation turned to Joseph Campbell and The Hero with a Thousand Faces. With his guidance, ...

Fans of Ricky and Morty have known for awhile that the philosophical bones of the show’s stories are more than just cheap laughs and references to other sci-fi and fantasy properties. There’s some ...

Back in 1949, Joseph Campbell introduced a bold, reality-bending idea: There’s really just one story—one great hero’s journey—and every tale we’ve ever loved is simply a creative retelling of it. For ...

If you find yourself wondering why you can’t stop talking about Star Wars, it’s not your fault. Famously, part of the success of Star Wars is attributed to George Lucas’s careful study of literary ...

For his Treat, Falchuk shares that his life and writing have been deeply influenced by Joseph Campbell's 1949 book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. This book, alongside the Cambell interview series The ...

"The adventure of the hero is the adventure of being alive." Source: Photo by Assael Romanelli Co-authored with Galit Romanelli, M.A. "The goal of the hero’s journey is yourself finding yourself." ...

At his best, though, Joseph Campbell was merely one of the greatest popu­lar writers on mythology who ever lived. His effect on modern narratives may not be as central as Jesse L. Weston’s From Ritual ...

The hero's journey is a universal concept transcending culture and time. Coined by Joseph Campbell, the hero's journey, or the monomyth, is a narrative pattern that appears in almost every major ...

Everyone who's interested in how stories are made is bound to have heard the term "the Hero's Journey." Also known as the monomyth, it's a story archetype coined and popularized by Joseph Campbell in ...

Ray Dalio says he wants to help people more than he wants his own success. "I've evolved to the stage where to have others successful without me being successful is the most beautiful thing I can do," ...

The vast catalog of the world’s great mythologies can be examined as a compendium of insights into the human condition. In particular, the myth of the “hero’s journey” is an archetype of the ...