004: Fantasy and Reality, part II
Pop Culture, Myth, and Godforms Mythologist Joseph Campbell put out a challenge toward the end of the Twentieth century. He observed that all our myths had grown out-dated so that they no longer spoke directly to our experiences as modern people. In order to re-mythologize our culture, we needed powerful storytellers, using powerful mediums, to reinvent myths for the modern age. According to Campbell, George Lucas’ “Star Wars” saga was just such a reinvention. Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series can be seen as a direct answer to Campbell’s challenge, restyling old gods into forms modern people could relate to as well as inventing wholly modern beings in the Endless. What other Pop Culture icons have started down the path of becoming gods? What are out modern myths – and how consciously have they been crafted? Should we take a more pro-active approach to reinventing our deities? Can this help us as a culture?
Show links:
- The Advanced Bonewits’ Cult Danger Evaluation Frame
- The Bomb: A Guide to Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles
- Disinformation: The Book of Lies
- Modern Magick
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April 18th, 2006 at 2:37 am
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