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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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  • 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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  • June 15 · 8 min

    173 - Tolkien, Plato and the Ring of Gyges

    We continue our Lord of the Rings study with a detour to Plato and a different ring of power. Purchase the entire course, including our recorded live meetings,...

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  • June 8 · 33 min

    171 - Tolkien on Allegory and Application

    Tolkien is known to despise allegory, but he is also clear that fiction, including his own, has a relationship with the primary world that can be used as a conduit for truth. In this lesson from the 2025 Lord of the Rings study, I discuss Tolkien's...

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  • June 4 · 1 hr 21 min

    170 - The Fellowship of the Ring, Part 1

    We are continuing our Lord of the Rings study with the Prologue to Book I, Chapter 5 (A Conspiracy Unmasked). Purchase the entire course, including our recorded live meetings,...

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  • June 1 · 19 min

    169 - The Ainulindalë and the Theology of Tolkien's Legendarium

    We begin our Lord of the Rings study with the beginning of Tolkien's world: the Ainulindalë, which tells of the making of Arda and the primordial fall of the devilish Melkor. After a presentation of the story, I briefly discuss the theology of...

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  • May 28 · 15 min

    168 - The Lord of the Rings (Introduction)

    In this new series of Mythic Mind, I will be providing my lessons from the exclusive Lord of the Rings study that we did in early 2025. This is a short introduction to that study. Watch the video of this episode and subscribe to my YouTube channel...

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  • May 25 · 34 min

    167 - Has Science Answered the Religious Question?

    Neil deGrasse Tyson told Piers Morgan that we do not need to appeal to God to answer cosmological questions because the empirical sciences have demonstrated sufficient explanatory power. In the final episode of this C.S. Lewis and the News series, I...

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