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Mythic Mind

Andrew Snyder

Pursuing wisdom through primary and secondary worlds

Mythic Mind is a conversation about stories, thought, and the inner life. We read literature and philosophy, talk through film and games when they help, and ask what these works reveal about the soul, the good life, and the Christian imagination.

Hosted by Andrew Snyder, Ph.D., professor of theology and philosophy, the show gathers fellow readers and thinkers around a common table. Some episodes are lessons. Most are recorded discussions. All of them aim at seeing more clearly, not merely consuming more content.

New seasons take up a shared theme across the Fellowship. Listen on your own, then join the wider conversation at mythicmindfellowship.com.

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  • Today · 1 hr 15 min

    191 - Exploring the Psyche: Identity and Becoming a Self

    Watch the video: https://youtu.be/iXr8KuutfW0 When Boethius lost everything, Lady Philosophy told him the wound beneath the wound: you have forgotten who you are. That diagnosis still lands. Who are you when the roles, tests, and labels fall away?...

  • Tuesday · 1 hr 16 min

    190 - Exploring the Psyche: The Importance of Home

    In this Mythic Mind Exploring the Psyche conversation, Dr. Andrew Snyder talks with licensed therapists Jeremy Kee and Tyler Finders about the value of home: roots and responsibility, the fear of committing to the wrong thing, hobbits who leave the...

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  • September 10 · 1 hr 17 min

    189 - Anxiety Means You Can Choose

    Anxiety is usually treated as a disease to be eliminated. Medication and psychotherapy have their place, but what if, in our pursuit of so-called mental health, we are lobotomizing something essential to being human? In this Exploring the Psyche...

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  • August 31 · 1 hr 25 min

    188 - A Life Well Lived

    In this inaugural episode of our fall "Exploring the Psyche" season, I discuss "living well" with Tyler Finders and Jeremy Key, both of whom are clinical psychotherapists and Christian thinkers. Keep up with all things Exploring the Psyche at...

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  • August 27 · 6 min

    187 - Fall Season: Exploring the Psyche

    Between podcasts with professionals in the field, discussions of philosophy, film, and video games, Inkwell articles, a course on Kierkegaard, and more, Mythic Mind will be "Exploring the Psyche" this fall! Join the Fellowship or otherwise keep up...

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  • August 13 · 2 min

    188 - August Update

    Here are some quick updates about what is happening with Mythic Mind this month. If you are not already a Fellow or Companion and you would like access to  Mythic Mind Academy and Readings from the Inkwell, go...

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  • August 4 · 18 min

    186 - Exploring the Psyche

    In this episode, I discuss our upcoming Fellowship-wide seasonal theme and share a reading from the Inkwell. If you are not already a Fellow or Companion and you would like regular access to Readings from the Inkwell, go...

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  • July 28 · 20 min

    185 - The Mythic Mind Fellowship is Moving!

    [This episode is best as video. Watch at https://youtu.be/tFrz6G_Avg4 Starting at the beginning of August, we will begin transitioning away from Patreon to our new home at http://www.mythicmindfellowship.com! This is an exciting new chapter that...

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  • July 25 · 16 min

    184 - English Romanticism w/ Josh Traylor

    In this lecture from his "English Poems and Poets" course, classical teacher Josh Traylor provides a broad overview of literary Romanticism 19th century England. Josh has listed his course at an incredible rate for us, so take advantage of his offer...

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  • July 20 · 34 min

    183 - What is Romanticism? w/ Josh Traylor

    In this lecture from his "English Poems and Poets" course, classical teacher Josh Traylor explains what Romanticism is, what it is not, why it is ambiguous, and how we should understand it as a European cultural movement in the late 1700s and in the...

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  • July 16 · 34 min

    182 - The Two Towers, Part 2: Helm's Deep and the Palantir

    Watch the video: https://youtu.be/_XTGWHb0iDY Tolkien once wondered whether a film could cut Helm's Deep. In the book it still teaches how hope arrives at dawn, and how a seeing-stone can undo the unwary. In this Mythic Mind Lord of the Rings study,...

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  • July 13 · 10 min

    181 - J.R.R. Tolkien and the Long Defeat

    What does the future hold? What has been let go by the past? How should we view the moving horizon? In this episode, I draw from Tolkien's letters, The Lord of the Rings, and his essays, "The Monsters and the Critics" and "On Fairy-Stories," to...

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  • July 9 · 1 hr 38 min

    180 - AI Storytelling: What Remains Properly Human

    Watch the video: https://youtu.be/1jTkmfAQ9SI We live amid tribal AI arguments: every machine-made frame is "slop," or every model is just a new paintbrush. This Mythic Mind conversation slows down between those poles with a technologist and a...

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  • July 6 · 34 min

    179 - The American Heritage: 250 Years of Liberty

    What is the American heritage? To whom does it belong? For this special episode of Mythic Mind, we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and reflect on some of the things that make the United States of...

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  • June 29 · 4 min

    177 - Earendil the Mariner

    From Norse legend to Christian Anglo-Saxon poetry to the skies of Middle-earth, we are taking a look at Earendil the Mariner, the first enduring character of Tolkien's legendarium. Purchase the entire course, including our recorded live meetings,...

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  • June 22 · 10 min

    175 - Sauron and the Passing Shadow

    We continue through our 2025 course on The Lord of the Rings with a focused presentation on the character of Sauron. Purchase the entire course, including our recorded live meetings,...

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