Archive - Mythic Mind

Milton’s Satan as a Sobering Self-Reflection

By Josh Traylor

May 30 •

Summer with Mythic Mind!

by Andrew Snyder

May 4 •

April 2025

The Telos of Paradise Lost: Justifying the Ways of God to Men through the Heavenly Muse

By Josh Traylor

Apr 21 •

A Review of the BBC's That Hideous Strength

by Andrew Snyder

Apr 3 •

March 2025

Video Games as Sub-Creation

by Andrew Snyder

Mar 24 •

The Future of Mythic Mind

by Andrew Snyder

Mar 3 •

February 2025

Knowing Thyself in Oedipus the King

By Joshua Traylor

Feb 12 •

June 2024

Virtue in The Lord of the Rings: Part III

In the last two posts I talked about how even though many of us love The Lord of the Rings, there is a growing gap between our admiration of the…

Jun 25, 2024 •

Virtue in The Lord of the Rings: Part II

I’ve been examining the virtue ethics in The Lord of the Rings. In Part 1, I sketched an overview of how differently Tolkien’s characters think and make…

Jun 16, 2024 •

Virtue in The Lord of the Rings: Part I

Seventy years after its initial publication, The Lord of the Rings remains a hugely popular series, and for good reason.

Jun 9, 2024 •

March 2024

10 Reasons You Should Spend Time Looking at Maps

These days, maps are everywhere.

Mar 4, 2024 •

January 2024

Do Characters Have Agency?

An exploration of our relation to fiction and fiction's relation to reality by Elisabeth Dawson

Jan 19, 2024 •

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