WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:05.000 Hello and welcome to the newly named Mythic Mind Legacy Podcast. We're making this 2 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:09.519 change because we've just launched the Mythic Mind Humanity's Guild podcast, which is a 3 00:00:09.560 --> 00:00:14.480 platform for showcasing our many Guild members. I'm dropping the introductory episode here, 4 00:00:14.679 --> 00:00:19.239 but be sure to subscribe to the Mythic Mind Humanity's Guild podcast, which you 5 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:23.359 can find wherever you get your podcasts. And to help with visibility, please 6 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:27.320 be sure to leave it a five star review on Apple Podcasts and whatever other 7 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:30.199 platforms. Let you do that. If you haven't already done that for the 8 00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:34.119 Legacy podcast, please do that as well. And if you'd like to join 9 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:38.960 the Guild and get early access to add free episodes from both shows, head 10 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:44.560 over to Patreon dot com slash Mythic Mind and now here is the first episode 11 00:00:44.719 --> 00:01:03.359 of the Mythic Mind Humanity's Guild podcast. Hello and welcome to the brand new 12 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:07.959 Mythic Mind Humanity's Guild podcast. I'm Andrew Snyder, the founder of the Guild 13 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:11.040 and host of the Mythic Mind Legacy Podcast, and I am truly grateful for 14 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:23.480 your company on this new venture. When I first launched the Mythic Mind podcast 15 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:26.920 in twenty twenty one. I didn't have a clear vision of the path ahead. 16 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:30.439 I knew that I wanted to discuss stories with an eye toward meaning, 17 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:36.239 and philosophy with an eye toward narratives. But beyond that, it was simply 18 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:41.200 a way of helping me to articulate some ideas and share some thoughts that I 19 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:45.439 believed might be of some benefit to others. With that mindset, I started 20 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:49.319 with this series pulled from my doctoral dissertation on guards, the concept of anxiety 21 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:53.599 and the Sickness onto Death, and that was then followed by Patreon series on 22 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:57.640 Grimm's Fairy Tales, and now I'm on a Tolkien series. Now. I 23 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:01.159 wasn't really an active reader growing up. I mean, I would read an 24 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:07.080 occasional theology book, but I rarely touched fiction voluntarily. And it shocks me 25 00:02:07.080 --> 00:02:10.240 to say this now, but I really just didn't see the point. I 26 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:14.360 phone it a story. I'd watch a movie, but books, well, 27 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:17.400 I figured that making that kind of investment should teach me something and not just 28 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:22.919 tell me a story. Now, during grad school, my mindset started to 29 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:28.120 shift on this. Studying philosophy and theology and especially reading Augustine, I really 30 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:32.800 started to better understand the importance of narratives for framing who we are, why 31 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:36.960 we are, and just as importantly, where we are. That is, 32 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:40.159 where we are in relation to where we came from and where we're going. 33 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:46.199 And so with this new framework developing, I was starting to approach the mythic 34 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:50.280 way of seeing the world, and a helpful way of framing. That is 35 00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:54.439 to say that the scientific perspective focuses on the world of matter, but the 36 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:59.960 mythic perspective focuses on what matters. Now, let's not to say that scientists 37 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:05.240 matter, but rather that value itself is nested in narrative. And this is 38 00:03:05.319 --> 00:03:08.639 why the great identity shaping stories of the past, the great national epics, 39 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:15.159 weren't solely about gods and monsters and great heroes. No, they were about 40 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:17.479 the conflict that each of us face each and every day on the path to 41 00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:23.280 either glory or destruction. And so as TALKI tells us, fairy contains many 42 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:29.360 things besides elves and pays, besides dwarfs, which is trolls, giants or 43 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:31.879 dragons. It holds the seas, the sun, that moon, the sky, 44 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:36.479 and the earth and all things that are in it. Tree and bird, 45 00:03:36.639 --> 00:03:40.120 water and stone, wine and bread and ourselves mortal men. When we 46 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:45.280 are enchanted. Is in this realm of faery Talkien tells us that we do 47 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:51.000 not simply encounter supernatural creatures, but rather it's where we come to recognize that 48 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:54.360 it is we who are supernatural. That is, we have a transcendent spirit 49 00:03:54.400 --> 00:04:00.240 that is responsible for making identity defining decisions. And this is a large part 50 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:03.400 what it means to be human, and this is what the humanities seek to 51 00:04:03.520 --> 00:04:08.680 recover. Now back to the story of Mythic Mind. In March of twenty 52 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:12.319 twenty three, Mythic Mind entered a new chapter with the birth of the Mythic 53 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:16.800 Mind Humanities Guild. And so now patronizing Mythic Mind does not only support my 54 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:20.120 work, although it does do that, but it also enrolls you in a 55 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:27.360 collaborative community of writers, scholars, including philosophers, theologians, political scientists, 56 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:31.279 and more. We have active readers of various strifes. We have podcasters and 57 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:36.120 other content creators, and lay enthusiasts of the humanities. Because you don't need 58 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:42.240 any credentials to enter, aside from a love of words and a general appreciation 59 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:46.199 for the culture that we are cultivating members of the guild talk about all sorts 60 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:49.560 of things through a private discord server, which is also where we share projects 61 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:55.720 and collaborate on things such as our community substack, which is open to contributions 62 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:59.800 from all members. And this is really a great venue for working under the 63 00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:02.759 same banner as other members of this like minded yet diverse crowd of people, 64 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:09.240 but also members who have personal platforms are encouraged to use ours as a means 65 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:14.879 of publicity and advertising. The Guild exists to serve its members. At the 66 00:05:14.879 --> 00:05:17.439 time of recording, we have about forty five members of this community, and 67 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:21.920 I'm really excited that we are now rolling out our guild podcast, and so 68 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:26.560 to get this going, we're going to start with guild members reading posts that 69 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:30.480 they've written for our substack over at Mythicmind dot substack dot com and down the 70 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:34.519 road. I intend for us to produce original content through this platform, both 71 00:05:34.519 --> 00:05:42.000 through solo guild member contributions as well as through some collaborative guild conversations. But 72 00:05:42.079 --> 00:05:45.279 for now, let's go ahead and hear from just a few of our members. 73 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:53.240 Hi. I'm Elizabeth Sausen, an award winning author of science fiction and 74 00:05:53.279 --> 00:05:57.199 fantasy. I was born and raised in the remote regions of New Guinea and 75 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:01.279 have lived in California, Florida, Thomas, and Brazil, but I currently 76 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:05.680 live in Idaho with my best friend. I have a bachelor's in Biblical studies 77 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:11.439 and in pursuing a master's of philosophy at Bola University. You can find me 78 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:21.600 and my work at my website www dot eb Dawson dot com. Hi there, 79 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:26.800 my name is Philip Bunn. I have a PhD and political theory from 80 00:06:26.839 --> 00:06:32.800 the University of Wisconsin, Madison. I have a passion for politics and literature, 81 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:39.839 so I've taught authors ranging from Vonnegut to Homer to Graham Green and beyond. 82 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:46.720 I'm most interested in technology and politics. You can find my occasional writing 83 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:57.439 at Everything Was Beautiful dot substack dot com. Hi. I'm Thomas Salerno. 84 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:01.360 I'm a children's author, a freelance writer and podcaster from Long Island, New 85 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:06.120 York. My writing has been featured in two nonfiction anthologies, Tolkien in Faith 86 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:11.199 and The Christ Bearer, which are both published by Voyage Comics. In my 87 00:07:11.399 --> 00:07:15.839 essays and podcasts, I review and analyze the sci fi and fantasy genres from 88 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:20.839 a Catholic Christian perspective. I have an author newsletter that I call Page Turning, 89 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:31.959 which you can find at Thomas J. Salernot substack dot com. Greetings. 90 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:36.040 I'm Jude Bruce, one of the members of the Mythic Mind Humanities Guild. 91 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:41.480 I received a Bachelor of Arts and Humanities from John Witherspoon College in twenty 92 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:45.560 twenty two, and I'm currently pursuing a Master of Arts and American Government from 93 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:49.079 Regent University. For me, the humanities are both something to enjoy and a 94 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:54.000 way to help understand the world on a deeper level of ideas, narratives, 95 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:58.040 beliefs, and philosophies. If I ever feel like writing things besides homework, 96 00:07:58.160 --> 00:08:07.040 you can find my work at the Mythic Mind substack. Hi. I'm Amy 97 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:11.040 Matravati. I'm a graduate of Taylor University with a BA in political science and 98 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:16.160 Biblical literature, and also a graduate of King's College, London with a master's 99 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:22.839 degree in International security. I'm an author of historical fiction, novels and essays 100 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:28.079 focused on theological and cultural issues. My prime areas of historical interest are the 101 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:31.720 medieval and early modern periods, and I'm particularly drawn to topics that combine elements 102 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:37.679 of theology, history, and philosophical analysis. I run the substack page Subcreations. 103 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:43.200 I contribute to the organization fifteen seventeen, and I have many of my 104 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:54.440 older articles available at www dot Amy Matravati dot com. I'm Caleb M. 105 00:08:54.519 --> 00:08:58.799 Powers, podcaster, writer, composer, and enthusiast of tabletop role playing games. 106 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:03.320 I'm an avid fan of fantasy and science fiction literature and went to school 107 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:07.559 for creative writing. If you want to check out my work, you can 108 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:11.559 find me on social media at Caleb Empowers and on my website, Caleb empowers 109 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:16.200 dot com. I also stream regularly on Twitch under the same name, usually 110 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:28.440 podcasting or running tabletop role playing games. And of course I am Andrew Snyder. 111 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:31.919 I hold a PhD in Theology, Masters in Christian Thought, and a 112 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:35.080 bachelor's in philosophy. I'm a contributing author to The Holy Spirit in the Reformation 113 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:39.039 Legacy, which is published in twenty twenty, and I teach courses in philosophy 114 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:43.480 and theology. I have many interests, including philosophy, theology, and their 115 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:48.320 relation to myths. The authors that I returned to the most are Tolkien, 116 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:52.320 Lewis Augustine, and Kirkgard, although I try to read fairly broadly within the 117 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:56.399 humanities and you can find my work through the Mythic Mind Legacy podcast, my 118 00:09:56.519 --> 00:10:01.279 personal subteck at andrew in Snyder dot dot substack, and of course the Mythic 119 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:11.639 Mind substack, and now this podcast. And we will hear from plenty more 120 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:15.480 as we move on, But for now, I really appreciate you joining us 121 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:18.159 today on this new venture, and if you would like to join the guild, 122 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:22.039 you can head over to patreon dot com slash Mythic Mind, and for 123 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:24.720 now as little as five dollars a month, we'll grant you full access to 124 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:28.639 the guild, and if that ever changes in the future, you will be 125 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:33.000 grandfathered in with that entry fee and additional perks are also available for those who 126 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:39.039 provide higher levels of support. Whether you join now or you just subscribe and 127 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:41.759 share and continue on this journey with us, I welcome you to the Mythic 128 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:43.200 Mind Humanities Guild.