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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.

Myth in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale

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

Four sessions | recordings available

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.

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: 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