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Mythic Archetypes of Innocence: Trickster, Lover, Seeker, Fool

Hosted by Roundtable by the 92nd Street Y, New York

January 23 – April 24, 2025

A symbol is a mysterious thing. It never “means” just one thing; rather, it’s a living wellspring of meanings. Archetypes — symbolic beings like the Devil, the Queen, or the Lover — recur from our most ancient literature into our present-day television and politics. They’re tools we use to understand ourselves and the world. Join four experts from the Joseph Campbell Foundation to explore some of these mythic archetypes.

Mythic Archetypes of Experience: Wise One, Healer, Sovereign, Shadow

Hosted by Roundtable by the 92nd Street Y, New York

May 27 – August 12, 2025

Archetypes — symbolic beings like the Healer, the Wise One, or the Sovereign — recur from our most ancient literature into our present-day television and politics. They’re tools we use to understand ourselves and the world. Join three experts from the Joseph Campbell Foundation to explore four “archetypes of experience,” symbols of knowledge and mastery gained in adulthood. 

Joseph Campbell: Myth & Storytelling as a Gateway to Psyche and Soul

Hosted by Pacifica Graduate Institute

Date TBD

The Joseph Campbell Foundation, in partnership with Pacifica Graduate Institute, is offering an enriching Graduate Certificate Program dedicated to the study of Joseph Campbell’s work. This unique program offers a deep dive into key ideas from Campbell’s expansive body of work and their relationship to storytelling.

Myth in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale

Hosted by Roundtable by the 92nd Street Y, New York

Four sessions | Completed

First published over 35 years ago, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale continues to capture the imagination of modern audiences. Join Dr. Stephanie Zajchowski of the Joseph Campbell Foundation for a journey through the mythological currents coursing through Atwood’s dystopian narrative.

Experience the Power of Myth at the Movies

Hosted by: Joseph Campbell Foundation

A webinar with the Joseph Campbell Foundation where we discuss archetypes in the movies, the newly updated Joseph Campbell book, Creative Mythology, and a recently published interview with Joseph Campbell.

Experience the Power of Myth

Hosted by: Joseph Campbell Foundation

Led by Executive Director John Bucher, this webinar celebrates the legacy of Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers and explores highlights from the series with Director of Publications Bradley Olson and Director of Operations Stephanie Zajchowski. The webinar also introduces The Practice of Enchantment: MythBlast Essays, 2020-2024 by Joanna Gardner, the Foundation’s latest publication.

Joseph Campbell & Goddess Mythologies: Images of the Feminine Divine

Hosted by: Jung Society of Austin

In this clip of a talk for the Jung Society of Austin entitled Joseph Campbell & Goddess Mythologies: Images of the Feminine Divine, Stephanie Zajchowski, PhD, explores a key mythic theme of many goddess mythologies — transformation. Primarily focused on life and death, this mythic theme presents goddess figures as the transformation power throughout the process of birth and death, often referenced as the womb/tomb archetype.

Goddesses: A Skeleton Key Study Guide

Hosted by: Joseph Campbell Foundation

In this webinar, we discuss the recently published, Goddesses: A Skeleton Key Study Guide, a compelling study guide for Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine with points of interest, essay topics, discussion prompts, and creative prompts. We hope to help teachers and students enter into Campbell’s work and build on his ideas. 100% of the proceeds from the book go to support the work of the Joseph Campbell Foundation.

Myth Lit Webinar: Margaret Mendenhall, PhD

This Myth Lit webinar is about Vox Eurydice: The Ascent of the Female Rescuer in German-Language Opera. Margaret Ann Mendenhall provides a mythological analysis of the emergence of the theme of a female heroine who saves a male character, which arose in German-language opera during the roughly one hundred years that spanned the lifetimes of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Richard Wagner. To learn more about Maggie’s work, visit her blog at mydailysoultrek.com.

Myth Lit Webinar: Maureen Murdock, PhD

This Myth Lit webinar is about the book Mythmaking: Self-Discovery and the Timeless Art of Memoir. Maureen Murdock grounds the practicalities of writing memoir in the supporting structures of myth. With her extensive research into memoir and insight as a therapist, Dr. Murdock guides us on the mythic journey of writing our own story. To learn more about Maureen’s work, visit her website at maureenmurdock.com.

Myth Lit Webinar: Vanya Leilani, PhD

This Myth Lit webinar is about the book The Flesh and the Fruit: Remembering Eve and the Power of Creative Transgression by Vanya Leilani, PhD. With compassion and insight, Dr. Leilani encourages readers to challenge hierarchical systems of power and live instead from wild knowing. To learn more about Dr. Leilani’s work, visit her website at drvanyaleilani.com.

Myth Lit Webinar: Joanna Gardner, PhD

This Myth Lit webinar is about The Practice of Enchantment: MythBlast Essays, 2020-2024 by Joanna Gardner. Dr. Gardner brings her expertise as a mythologist, writer, and teacher to these elegant essays about myth, the work of Joseph Campbell, and how those ideas can enliven and enchant everyday life. To learn more about Joanna’s work, visit her website at joannagardner.com.

Myth Lit Webinar: Dennis Patrick Slattery, PhD

This webinar is about A Pilgrimage Beyond Belief: Spiritual Journeys through Christian and Buddhist Monasteries of the American West, by Dennis Patrick Slattery. This page-turner of a memoir takes readers along on Dennis’s transformational journey as he visits a series of spiritual retreat centers. To learn more about Dennis’s work, visit Dennis’s website.

Myth Lit Webinar: Patrick Mahaffey, PhD

This webinar is about Integrative Spirituality: Religious Pluralism, Individuation, and Awakening, by Patrick Mahaffey. In this book, Patrick champions a vision of religious pluralism at which he has arrived through a career of study and practice across traditions.

Myth Lit Webinar: Jody Gentian Bower, PhD

This webinar is about Jane Eyre’s Sisters: How Women Live and Write the Heroine’s Story. This book offers a fascinating and insightful analysis of stories by and about female protagonists. To learn more, visit Jody’s website.

Myth Lit Webinar: Arthur George

This webinar is about The Mythology of Wine by Arthur George. Art brings his expertise as a mythologist and wine maker to this informative and fascinating book that gathers a wide range of ancient myths in which wine plays an important part. To learn more about Art’s work, visit his website at https://mythologymatters.wordpress.com