Society & CulturePhilosophyArtsBooksReligion & SpiritualityChristianity

Mythic Mind

Andrew Snyder

Mythic Mind pursues wisdom on the pathways between primary and secondary worlds. Tolkien, Lewis, and adjacent material tend to take a leading role.

To support my work and gain access to exclusive and early content, voting power, and more, head over to https://www.patreon.com/mythicmind

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

Play

Open in

23 episodes
a few times a week
Avg 31 min
English

Support the show

Goes straight to the publisher. podnod takes nothing.

Support the podcast!

Episodes 23

Newest Oldest Longest

All20 Unplayed20 In progress0 Played0

Counted on this page — what you have heard stays on this device, so it is not something the list can be paged by.

Thursday · 6 min
187 - Fall Season: Exploring the Psyche
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...
- Transcript
August 13 · 2 min
188 - August Update
Here are some quick updates about what is happening with Mythic Mind this month. If you are not already a Fellow or Companion and you would like access to Mythic Mind Academy and Readings from the Inkwell, go...
- Transcript
August 10 · 13 min
186 - A Review of the BBC's That Hideous Strength (Readings from the Inkwell)
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...
- Transcript
August 4 · 18 min
186 - Exploring the Psyche
In this episode, I discuss our upcoming Fellowship-wide seasonal theme and share a reading from the Inkwell. If you are not already a Fellow or Companion and you would like regular access to Readings from the Inkwell, go...
- Transcript
July 28 · 20 min
185 - The Mythic Mind Fellowship is Moving!
[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...
- Transcript
July 25 · 16 min
184 - English Romanticism w/ Josh Traylor
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...
- Transcript
July 20 · 34 min
183 - What is Romanticism? w/ Josh Traylor
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...
- Transcript
July 16 · 34 min
182 - The Two Towers, Part 2: Helm's Deep - The Palantir
We are continuing our Lord of the Rings study with the Book III, Chs. 7-11. Purchase the entire course, including our recorded live meetings,...
- Transcript
July 13 · 10 min
181 - J.R.R. Tolkien and the Long Defeat
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...
- Transcript
July 9 · 1 hr 38 min
180 - AI Storytelling w/ Former Disney Software Engineer Josh Daws and Novelist Michael Kane
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...
- Transcript
July 6 · 34 min
179 - The American Heritage: 250 Years of Liberty
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...
- Transcript
July 3 · 34 min
178 - The Two Towers, Part 1: The Departure of Boromir to The King of the Golden Hall
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,...
- Transcript
June 29 · 4 min
177 - Earendil the Mariner
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,...
- Transcript
June 25 · 45 min
176 - The Fellowship of the Ring, Part 4: Lothlórien to The Breaking of the Fellowship
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,...
- Transcript
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,...
- Transcript
June 18 · 1 hr 4 min
174 - The Fellowship of the Ring, Part 4: Many Meetings to The Bridge of Khazad-dûm
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,...
- Transcript
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,...
- Transcript
June 11 · 1 hr 25 min
172 - The Fellowship of the Ring, Part 2: Bombadil & Ringwraiths
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,...
- Transcript
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...
- Transcript
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,...
- Transcript

Showing 1–20 of 23 episodes