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Pursuing wisdom through primary and secondary worlds Mythic Mind is a conversation about stories, thought, and the inner life. We read literature and philosophy, talk through film and games when...
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Pursuing wisdom through primary and secondary worlds
Mythic Mind is a conversation about stories, thought, and the inner life. We read literature and philosophy, talk through film and games when they help, and ask what these works reveal about the soul, the good life, and the Christian imagination.
Hosted by Andrew Snyder, Ph.D., professor of theology and philosophy, the show gathers fellow readers and thinkers around a common table. Some episodes are lessons. Most are recorded discussions. All of them aim at seeing more clearly, not merely consuming more content.
New seasons take up a shared theme across the Fellowship. Listen on your own, then join the wider conversation at mythicmindfellowship.com.
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Mythic Mind is a conversation about stories, thought, and the inner life. We read literature and philosophy, talk through film and games when they help, and ask what these works reveal about the soul, the good life, and the Christian imagination.
Hosted by Andrew Snyder, Ph.D., professor of theology and philosophy, the show gathers fellow readers and thinkers around a common table. Some episodes are lessons. Most are recorded discussions. All of them aim at seeing more clearly, not merely consuming more content.
New seasons take up a shared theme across the Fellowship. Listen on your own, then join the wider conversation at mythicmindfellowship.com.
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15 SEP 2026 · 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, establishing versus finding home, and why home still matters psychologically and spiritually.
Join us for our season of "Exploring the Psyche" at https://mythicmindfellowship.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support.
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10 SEP 2026 · 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 impediment to agency, but a call of the human spirit to take responsibility for our choices in the moment where what has been meets what might still be.
We talk about surface-level anxiety versus deeper existential anxiety, courage as every virtue at its testing point, spheres of control versus spheres of concern, and why anxiety cannot (and need not) be “cured.” It can only be answered: by reclaiming agency instead of surrendering it.
If anxiety is how freedom feels, the question is not how to make it disappear, but how to let it educate us into responsibility.
Join us for our season of "Exploring the Psyche" at https://mythicmindfellowship.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support.
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31 AUG 2026 · 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 https://mythicmindfellowship.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support.
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27 AUG 2026 · 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 https://mythicmindfellowship.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support.
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10 AUG 2026 · 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 https://mythicmindfellowship.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support.
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28 JUL 2026 · [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 website.
Right now, we are in a soft launch period, but the full site will be available on August 1st. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support.
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25 JUL 2026 · 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: https://www.patreon.com/JoshTraylor/posts/great-english-of-159883613?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share.
Watch the video of this episode and subscribe to my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/JN81DlZZjq8
Become a patron of Mythic Mind at https://patreon.com/mythicmind
Listen to all THREE Mythic Mind podcasts:
- Mythic Mind
- Mythic Mind Games
- Mythic Mind Movies & Shows
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20 JUL 2026 · 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: https://www.patreon.com/JoshTraylor/posts/great-english-of-159883613?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share.
Watch the video of this episode and subscribe to my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/kF4KsqKe7dM
Become a patron of Mythic Mind at https://patreon.com/mythicmind
Listen to all THREE Mythic Mind podcasts:
- Mythic Mind
- Mythic Mind Games
- Mythic Mind Movies & Shows
(or become a patron to get all three shows in one ad-free feed) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support.
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16 JUL 2026 · 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 Palantir's dangerous gift of sight after Orthanc.
Topics include battle as more than spectacle, hope against despair, and why true seeing is moral before it is magical.
Related:
• The Two Towers, Part 1 (Mythic Mind, ep. 178): https://youtu.be/ueNTOpwZInI
• The Two Towers as Film and Adaptation (Mythic Mind Movies, ep. 26): https://youtu.be/cQQy1BkKGt0
• The Fellowship of the Ring as Film and Adaptation (Mythic Mind Movies, ep. 25): https://youtu.be/ZpZY3u_eyuw
• J.R.R. Tolkien and the Long Defeat (Mythic Mind, ep. 181): https://youtu.be/R-1Yp1Z8dv4
Join the Mythic Mind Fellowship:
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Listen to/watch the Mythic Mind podcasts:
- Mythic Mind
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#MythicMind #Tolkien #TwoTowers #HelmsDeep #Palantir #LOTR #Theology #Philosophy Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support.
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13 JUL 2026 · 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:https://www.patreon.com/mythicmind/shop/wisdom-of-tolkien-lord-of-rings-early-1152873?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=productshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
Watch the video of this episode and subscribe to my YouTube channel here:https://youtu.be/R-1Yp1Z8dv4
Become a patron of Mythic Mind at https://patreon.com/mythicmind
Listen to all THREE Mythic Mind podcasts:
- Mythic Mind
- Mythic Mind Games
- Mythic Mind Movies & Shows
(or become a patron to get all three shows in one ad-free feed) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support.
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Pursuing wisdom through primary and secondary worlds Mythic Mind is a conversation about stories, thought, and the inner life. We read literature and philosophy, talk through film and games when...
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Pursuing wisdom through primary and secondary worlds
Mythic Mind is a conversation about stories, thought, and the inner life. We read literature and philosophy, talk through film and games when they help, and ask what these works reveal about the soul, the good life, and the Christian imagination.
Hosted by Andrew Snyder, Ph.D., professor of theology and philosophy, the show gathers fellow readers and thinkers around a common table. Some episodes are lessons. Most are recorded discussions. All of them aim at seeing more clearly, not merely consuming more content.
New seasons take up a shared theme across the Fellowship. Listen on your own, then join the wider conversation at mythicmindfellowship.com.
show less
Mythic Mind is a conversation about stories, thought, and the inner life. We read literature and philosophy, talk through film and games when they help, and ask what these works reveal about the soul, the good life, and the Christian imagination.
Hosted by Andrew Snyder, Ph.D., professor of theology and philosophy, the show gathers fellow readers and thinkers around a common table. Some episodes are lessons. Most are recorded discussions. All of them aim at seeing more clearly, not merely consuming more content.
New seasons take up a shared theme across the Fellowship. Listen on your own, then join the wider conversation at mythicmindfellowship.com.
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