Bonus: Maya and the Mask of the Divine

Recorded in 1966 at Sarah Lawrence College, this lecture follows Joseph Campbell through the symbolic ascent of Kundalini yoga - moving from instinct and desire at the base of the spine to the awakening of the heart, where the sacred syllable OM is heard as the vibration of being itself. The chakras become a psychological and spiritual map: religion begins, Campbell suggests, when fulfillment is no longer chased outward but discovered as a dimension within. Yet even heaven is not the end. The final barrier is the subtle illusion of “I” encountering God.

From there, Campbell turns to maya - the cosmic power that obscures, projects, and reveals reality. Gods, myths, and even theology are masks pointing beyond themselves. Brahma creates, Vishnu dreams, Shiva dances - but all are symbolic foregrounds of an unnamed mystery. The ultimate cannot be described, only realized - when the division between self and transcendent falls away.

Pathways with Joseph Campbell is hosted by Brad Olson, PhD and is a production of the Joseph Campbell Foundation. It is produced by Tyler Lapkin. Executive Producer, Joanna Gardner. Editing and audio services by Tristan Batt.

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EP 51: The Occidental Tradition part 2

In Part Two of The Occidental Tradition, recorded at the Blaisdell Institute in 1973, this episode features Joseph Campbell leading an informal and wide-ranging discussion on education, mythology, and...

4 Elo 1h 53min

EP 50: The Occidental Tradition

In this episode of Pathways with Joseph Campbell, we listen to a lecture Campbell gave at the Blaisdell Institute in Claremont, California, sometime in the mid-1970s. Speaking on what he calls “The Oc...

1 Heinä 1h 28min

EP 49: Myth & The Body

Welcome to Season 6 of Pathways with Joseph Campbell. Whether you’ve been listening from the very beginning or are just discovering the podcast, we’re glad you’re here. This new season continues our j...

2 Kesä 1h 25min

EP 48: The Vitality of Myth

In this episode called “The Vitality of Myth,” recorded at the Cooper Union in 1973, Joseph Campbell explores why modern life feels spiritually thin and psychologically unmoored. Campbell argues that ...

3 Helmi 1h 28min

Bonus: Archetypes of the Christ Legend

In this bonus episode, "Archetypes of the Christ Legend", recorded at Mann Ranch in 1971, Joseph Campbell explores the Christ story not as literal history but as mythic revelation. Tracing shared arch...

20 Tammi 1h 4min

EP 47: Mythology & Folklore

In this 1966 lecture recorded at the Cooper Union, Joseph Campbell presents mythology as humanity’s oldest response to the awareness of death and selfhood. Across cultures, myth arises not as history ...

6 Tammi 1h 22min

Bonus: The Gods of Egypt

Recorded in 1963 for WNET-TV New York, this rare lecture features Joseph Campbell guiding us through the long, layered emergence of The Gods of Egypt, tracing how five millennia of cultural mingling—f...

16 Joulu 202526min