The Needs of the Soul
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The renowned mythologist Joseph Campbell described 4 functions of mythology - here we describe each function and flip them to examine how mythologies meet the needs of our souls. In conversation we consider how institutional mythologies such as organized religions may or may not still be successful in meeting our soul's needs and how choreographing our own spiritualities may do a better job.
Show Notes and Links
The Hero With A Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell’s most famous work outlining the Monomyth/ Heroic Cycle
The Masks of God - Joseph Campbell’s 4-book examination of World Mythology
Dr. Fred Alan Wolf - American theoretical physicist specializing in quantum physics and the relationship between between physics and consciousness.
Why God Won’t Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief - researchers Andrew Newberg and Eugene d'Aquili offer an explanation that is at once profoundly simple and scientifically precise: The religious impulse is rooted in the biology of the brain. Newberg and d'Aquili document their pioneering explorations in the field of neurotheology, an emerging discipline dedicated to understanding the complex relationship between spirituality and the brain.
The Living Urn - Biopod cremation
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