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Mythic episodes
- Craig Chalquist, PhD - The Heart of Dionysus Beats in San Francisco
Key Topics01:39 Introduction to Dr. Craig Chalquist
03:35 Depth psychology, mythology, and terrapsychology
07:41 The terrapsychology of San Luis Obisbo
10:32 Dionysus and San Francisco (Burning Man, Emperor Norton, and the Bushman)
20:21 The Orphic myth playing out in San Francisco and the day of the orange sky
31:24 The Trickster in politics
35:20 Hermeticism Reborn - Hermes Trismegistus and the mage archetype
41.12 Virtual reality storytelling environments as training for the imagination
Helpful Links:- Dr. Craig Chalquist's website
- California Institute of Integral Studies
- Pacifica Graduate Institute
- Professor David Odorisio
- Hermeticism
- The Freud Museum
- James Hillman
- The Mythologium
Connect and SupportWhat did you think of this episode? Let me know in the Comments section below or tweet me @bostonblake.
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47 min - David Odorisio, PhD - Integrating Hero and Villain, Senex and Puer
How does the Hero myth necessitate the Villain? What does a post-Heroic myth look like? What's the connection between the decline of patriarchy and the decline of organized religion?
Dr. David Odorisio of Pacifica Graduate Institute shares his own synchronistic journey as we explore hero and villain archetypes in media and culture, as well as how the human potential movement must integrate the Senex and puer in order to outlive the personalities who founded it. Just a few of the topics we cover in this gripping conversation.
57 min - Bonus: Percy Jackson and Hades - Mythology for a New Generation (with Marcus Polson)Marcus Polson shares his thoughts on mythology, especially as it relates to Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson books and Supergiant's Hades video game. Marcus's fifth-grade perspective reminds me why I fell in love with these stories and how they captured my imagination--and helps us understand just what makes these stories so enduring.15 min
- Phil Jimenez - Greek Gods in Wonder Woman: Historia
The month marks Wonder Woman's 80th Anniversary, and this interview is a love letter to Diana, whose origins are steeped in Greek mythology.
In this fabulous conversation, award-winning comics artist Phil Jimenez reveals the secrets behind Wonder Woman: Historia, his upcoming collaboration with writer Kelly Sue DeConnick for DC Comics Black Label!
Mythology has been central to some of Phil’s highest-profile projects, including War of the Gods and Gods of Gotham, and of course, Wonder Woman. And after 20 years of immersion in the topic, he has thoughts.
We cover Dionysus’ gender, post-toga Olympian fashion, Hera's burden, and what makes Wonder Woman such an enduring character.
In "Five Questions," Phil shares what brings him joy!
For more, visit mythicpodcast.com.
58 min - Jennifer Whetzel - Archetypes, Branding, and Self-Discovery
Guest: Jennifer Whetzel, Ladyjane Branding
Contact: [email protected]
Website: https://ladyjanebranding.com
About Jennifer:
After more than 25 years in the marketing and advertising industry, and after finding significant symptom relief in medical cannabis and emotional support from community members, Jennifer Whetzel was inspired to use her professional expertise to help businesses in the cannabis industry.
In 2018, she founded Ladyjane Branding using the power of Archetypes to help companies develop unique brands that lead to deep connections with consumers. Her background in compliance also led to development of an online course teaching FDA-compliant messaging for CBD and cannabis brands called Sell Joy!
In 2019, Jennifer initiated “The Women in Cannabis Study,” an in-depth multimedia research project to understand the journey of women working in the cannabis industry. Results of the study will be forthcoming in a partnership with Hasty Storytelling and the basis of a book written by award-winning author of The Medicalization of Marijuana, Michelle Newhart.
In 2020, she co-founded Independent Diamond Brokers, which focuses on B2B networking and events for local Maine growers & retailers.
She is also on the Board of Directors for #thisisjaneproject, a non-profit focused on providing education and access to plant medicine for trauma survivors.
A prolific reader and lover of nature, in her spare time Jennifer can be found either with her nose in a book or in the woods on her property in Maine.
Things we mentioned in the episode:
Book: The Hero and the Outlaw by Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen
Book: Goddesses in Everywoman by Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen
Book: Goddesses in Older Women by Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen
Book: Circe by Madeline Miller
Book: The Medicalization of Cannabis by Michelle Newhart
Organization: Independent Diamond Brokers
Organization: Women in Cannabis
Book: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Show: Moving Art - Netflix documentary
Internal Family Systems
54 min - Rise and Fall of the Titans
Who were the Titans? And what was the word's original meaning?
From the birth of Aphrodite to the rise of Zeus -- and what happened in between.
29 min - Mother's Day Special: Mom-Goddesses of Greece
In this special Mother's Day episode, Boston tells the story of four generations of mother goddesses from Greek mythology. Gaia. Rhea. Hera. Maia.
11 min - Greek Creation Myth: The Beginning
Host Boston Blake connects the dots between Wonder Woman, Aphrodite, and the origin of the world according to Greek mythology.
Persons, places, and things mentioned in this episode:
Wonder Woman (the movie)
Wonder Woman (comics)
Clash of the Titans
Archetypes
Joseph Campbell
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
Edith Hamilton's Mythology
Mythos by Stephen Fry
Hesiod
Homer
Apollodorus
Wolverine
Entropy
20 min - Dr. Renita Wellman | The Goddesses Within
Organizational psychologist Renita Wellman discusses her journey from Catholic school to an intentional community, narrative therapy, her Jungian perspective, and how the goddesses in everywoman manifest in her.
41 min - Trailer
Do you love myths, legends, and folklore -- gods, heroes, monsters, fairies, elves, magical artifacts, and wild adventures that are also journeys of the soul? Then Mythic may just be your jam.
Host Boston Blake weaves the fantastical into the ordinary world, connecting ancient archetypes to contemporary life. Media, culture, and the mundane become magical when viewed from a mythic perspective.
Caution: May cause an increase in synchronicity.
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About Mythic
From the publisher's feed
Ancient myths don't stay in the past. They are retold again and again in contemporary media. They also play out in the real world — our relationships, our politics, and in the moments when life suddenly feels larger than ordinary explanation can account for.
Mythic is a podcast about meaningful living through the power of myth. I'm Boston Blake — a certified coach, a lifelong student of depth psychology, and someone who has spent most of his adult life studying what makes humans tick. Sometimes I sit down with mythologists, Jungian scholars, artists, and practitioners to trace the archetypal patterns alive in our world right now. Other times I go in alone — following a myth or an archetype wherever it leads, into ancient legend and modern headlines alike.
We've explored the Heroine's Journey and what Barbie got right about it. We've looked at Dionysus moving through San Francisco, the Trickster energy driving our cultural moment, the decolonization of mythology, and what it means to integrate a peak experience when you have to return to ordinary life. The conversations move between depth psychology, pop culture, personal transformation, and the mythic imagination — because that's how the psyche actually works. It doesn't sort things into tidy categories.
If you've ever felt like there's more going on beneath the surface of your life — and that the right story, told in the right way, might help you understand what it is — this podcast is for you.
Journey on.
Topics explored: Jungian psychology, archetypal psychology, depth psychology, mythology, the hero's journey, the heroine's journey, Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, ancient mythology, Greek mythology, meaningful living, personal transformation, myth and culture, shadow work, individuation, myth and media, pop culture and archetypes, depth psychology podcast.