Mythic Mind

Watch the video: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/kierkegaards-concept-of-anxiety-anxiety-is-not-an-ailment-to-be-removed-mythic-mind-ep-196/ Today I'm giving you a free look into my Mythic Mind Fellowship course, The Psychology of Søren Kierkegaard: Life in Anxiety & Despair, as we begin with the preface and introduction to The Concept of Anxiety. Before the argument proper, Kierkegaard's pse...

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 themselves know their telos: the promise of resurrection, reunion, and the setting right of all things. Letting the text stand on its own rather than readin...

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/mIgiz_wQbXk 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. Andrew Snyder (professor of philosophy and theology) is joined by David and Jack to read Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich. We trace a man who did everything "properly," climbed the ladder, decorated the right house,...

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/lJXOC2PfR3M 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. Kierkegaard’s answer cuts the other way: the glory of the human being is to recognize utter dependency on God. In Mythic Mind episode 193, Dr. Andrew Snyder is joined by Zach and David for an Exploring the Psyche convers...

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/Juoxi8xM5eQ Socialism is often sold as justice, necessity, or the only way to win. This Exploring the Psyche episode asks a harder question: what does that bargain do to the soul? In Mythic Mind episode 192, Dr. Andrew Snyder takes up a live Right-wing temptation around redistribution, democratic appetite politics, and seizing power "for our side." He grants the r...

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? In this Mythic Mind Exploring the Psyche conversation, Dr. Andrew Snyder (professor of philosophy and theology) talks with licensed therapists Jeremy Ke...

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 Shire in order to save it, and C.S. Lewis’s reminder that pleasant inns are not the final destination. Topics include belonging in a shifting world, es...

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 conversation, Andrew is joined again by licensed therapists Tyler Finders and Jeremy Key to ask what anxiety actually is. We argue that anxiety is not an...

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 mythicmindfellowship.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support .

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 with us at mythicmindfellowship.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support .

C.S. Lewis's That Hideous Strength is a profound, still very underread story that provides penetrating insights into the growing forces of dehumanization that drive much of our culture. In 2025, the B.B.C produced an audio drama adaptation. Here is my review. To get access to all Inkwell readings, become a member as a Fellow or Companion at mythicmindfellowship.com Become a supporter of this podca...

[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 will facilitate deeper fellowship, more opportunities, and a better experience across the board. In this episode, I provide a tour through the new websi...

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 and enroll today: English Poems and Poets . Watch the video of this episode and subscribe to my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/JN81DlZZjq8 Bec...

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 1800s. Josh has listed his course at an incredible rate for us, so take advantage of his offer and enroll today: English Poems and Poets . Watch the v...

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, Dr. Andrew Snyder (professor of philosophy and theology) walks Book III, chapters 7–11: the Hornburg and the men of Rohan, Gandalf's dawn, and the Pal...

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 discuss his concept of The Long Defeat. Purchase the entire course, including our recorded live meetings, here: Purchase Course Watch the video of this epi...

We live in an age of rampant tribalism and knee-jerk reactions, and discussions surrounding AI generated media is no exception. I have been fairly apprehensive about this emerging technology up to this points, but I want to make sure that I am thinking in a rational and principled way. Josh Daws is a former Disney software Engineer and is currently the Vice President of Technology for The Blaze. H...

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 America exceptional on the stage of history. Watch the video of this episode and subscribe to my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/N4PJmHL9WXw Become...

We are continuing our Lord of the Rings study with the Book III, Chapters 1-6. Purchase the entire course, including our recorded live meetings, here: Purchase Course Watch the video of this episode and subscribe to my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/ueNTOpwZInI Become a patron of Mythic Mind at patreon.com/mythicmind Listen to all THREE Mythic Mind podcasts: Mythic Mind Mythic Mind Games M...

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, here: Purchase Course Watch the video of this episode and subscribe to my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/zGYyXLP34W0 Become a patron of Mythic Mi...

We are continuing our Lord of the Rings study with the Book II, Chapters 6-10. Purchase the entire course, including our recorded live meetings, here: Purchase Course Watch the video of this episode and subscribe to my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/A4dkvX-pedc Become a patron of Mythic Mind at patreon.com/mythicmind Listen to all THREE Mythic Mind podcasts: Mythic Mind Mythic Mind Games M...

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, here: Purchase Course Watch the video of this episode and subscribe to my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/uR4F9zEivII Become a patron of Mythic Mind at patreon.com/mythicmind Listen to all THREE Mythic Mind pod...

We are continuing our Lord of the Rings study with the Book II, Chapters 1-5. Purchase the entire course, including our recorded live meetings, here: Purchase Course Watch the video of this episode and subscribe to my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/jBQ4_uDevx8 Become a patron of Mythic Mind at patreon.com/mythicmind Listen to all THREE Mythic Mind podcasts: Mythic Mind Mythic Mind Games My...

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, here: Purchase Course Watch the video of this episode and subscribe to my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/Z_OfCpjFgTk Become a patron of Mythic Mind at patreon.com/mythicmind Listen to all THREE Mythic Mind podcasts: Mythic Mind Myth...

We are continuing our Lord of the Rings study with the Book I, Chapters 6-12 (The Old Forest to Flight to the Ford). Purchase the entire course, including our recorded live meetings, here: Purchase Course Watch the video of this episode and subscribe to my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/WKnc1gWlbuU Become a patron of Mythic Mind at patreon.com/mythicmind Listen to all THREE Mythic Mind pod...