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EP 53: Transformation of the Notion of Marriage

October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 30 min

In this episode of Pathways with Joseph Campbell, we hear Campbell’s lecture "Transformation of the Notion of Marriage", part of the Joseph Campbell Foundation’s Collected Audio. Campbell traces a profound shift in the Western…
EP 52: The Occidental Tradition part 3

September 1, 2026 · 58 min

In this final installment of The Occidental Tradition, recorded during Joseph Campbell’s 1973 visit to the Blaisdell Institute, Campbell turns toward the role of myth, symbol, and ritual in modern Western life. In a wide-ranging and…
EP 51: The Occidental Tradition part 2

August 4, 2026 · 1 hr 53 min

In Part Two of The Occidental Tradition, recorded at the Blaisdell Institute in 1973, this episode features Joseph Campbell leading an informal and wide-ranging discussion on education, mythology, and the Occidental tradition. Campbell…
EP 50: The Occidental Tradition

July 1, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min

In this episode of Pathways with Joseph Campbell, we listen to a lecture Campbell gave at the Blaisdell Institute in Claremont, California, sometime in the mid-1970s. Speaking on what he calls “The Occidental Tradition,” Campbell explores…
EP 49: Myth & The Body

June 2, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

Welcome to Season 6 of Pathways with Joseph Campbell. Whether you’ve been listening from the very beginning or are just discovering the podcast, we’re glad you’re here. This new season continues our journey into the archived lectures and…

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Bonus: Maya and the Mask of the Divine

February 17, 2026 · 48 min

Recorded in 1966 at Sarah Lawrence College, this lecture follows Joseph Campbell through the symbolic ascent of Kundalini yoga - moving from instinct and desire at the base of the spine to the awakening of the heart, where the sacred…
EP 48: The Vitality of Myth

February 3, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min

In this episode called “The Vitality of Myth,” recorded at the Cooper Union in 1973, Joseph Campbell explores why modern life feels spiritually thin and psychologically unmoored. Campbell argues that myths lose their vitality when they are…
Bonus: Archetypes of the Christ Legend

January 20, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

In this bonus episode, "Archetypes of the Christ Legend", recorded at Mann Ranch in 1971, Joseph Campbell explores the Christ story not as literal history but as mythic revelation. Tracing shared archetypes across Buddhism, Mithraism…
EP 47: Mythology & Folklore

January 6, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min

In this 1966 lecture recorded at the Cooper Union, Joseph Campbell presents mythology as humanity’s oldest response to the awareness of death and selfhood. Across cultures, myth arises not as history but as symbolic language - shaped by…
Bonus: The Gods of Egypt

December 16, 2025 · 27 min

Recorded in 1963 for WNET-TV New York, this rare lecture features Joseph Campbell guiding us through the long, layered emergence of The Gods of Egypt, tracing how five millennia of cultural mingling—from Paleolithic hunters to Neolithic…
EP 46: Symbols of the Christian Faith

December 2, 2025 · 1 hr 26 min

In this episode of Pathways with Joseph Campbell, we explore Campbell’s 1976 lecture Symbols of the Christian Faith, where he examines how the great motifs of Christianity - creation, fall, redemption, virgin birth, resurrection - are not…
Bonus: The Shaman and the Priest

November 18, 2025 · 27 min

In this bonus lecture from Campbell’s WNDT TV days in the early 1960's, The Shaman and the Priest, he contrasts two ancient spiritual lineages: the lone visionary who gains power through ordeal, and the priest who serves the continuity of…

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An official podcast of the Joseph Campbell Foundation and the MythMaker Podcast Network that unearths little-heard talks from Joseph Campbell and examines their context and meaning. Hosted by Brad Olson, PhD.