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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. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings, C.S. Lewis and Narnia, Kierkegaard, Beowulf, myth and fairy stories, Tolstoy, and the great books all take their turn at the table.

Hosted by Andrew Snyder, Ph.D., 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 in the Mythic Mind Fellowship: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/membership

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  • Yesterday · 30 min

    197 - Who Failed Anakin Skywalker?

    Right-wing X has been full of pro-Anakin posts, including one Elon Musk shared of an AI image of Emperor Anakin with Padme and their children in Imperial uniforms, captioned "This is what they took from us." Some of that is just meme energy....

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  • October 19 · 44 min

    195 - Eschatology in Arda: Did Middle-earth Know Its Ending?

    Did the people of Middle-earth know how their story ends? Rev. Jeffrey Wade joins Andrew Snyder and Josh to discuss his master's thesis on eschatology in Arda. His question is not only what Tolkien believed, but whether the inhabitants of Arda...

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  • October 12 · 38 min

    194 - The Death of Ivan Ilyich: Am I Guilty?

    Watch the video: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/the-death-of-ivan-ilyich-am-i-guilty-mythic-mind-ep-194/ We all know we will die one day. It is another thing to consider that it is I who am going to die. In this Mythic Mind conversation, Dr....

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  • October 5 · 54 min

    193 - Kierkegaard on Man's Highest Perfection

    Watch the video: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/kierkegaard-on-mans-highest-perfection-mythic-mind-ep-193/ We are pressed to dissolve into the mass, to wear a demographic as a self, or to win identity from whatever community we most esteem....

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  • September 28 · 43 min

    192 - Exploring the Psyche: Why Socialism Is Poison to the Soul

    Watch the video: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/exploring-the-psyche-why-socialism-is-poison-to-the-soul-mythic-mind-ep-192/ Socialism is often sold as justice, necessity, or the only way to win. This Exploring the Psyche episode asks a harder...

  • September 21 · 1 hr 15 min

    191 - Exploring the Psyche: Identity and Becoming a Self

    Watch the video: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/exploring-the-psyche-identity-and-becoming-a-self-mythic-mind-ep-191/ When Boethius lost everything, Lady Philosophy told him the wound beneath the wound: you have forgotten who you are. That...

  • September 15 · 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 to our new home at http://www.mythicmindfellowship.com! This is an exciting new chapter that will facilitate...

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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. Enroll in Josh's course with a Mythic Mind Fellowship membership:...

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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://mythicmindfellowship.com/the-two-towers-part-2-helms-deep-and-the-palantir-mythic-mind-ep-182/ 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...

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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://mythicmindfellowship.com/ai-storytelling-what-remains-properly-human-mythic-mind-ep-180/ We live amid tribal AI arguments: every machine-made frame is "slop," or every model is just a new paintbrush. This Mythic Mind...

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