The Hero's Journey in Music, Myth, Art and Poetry
Live seminar and online webinar next offered in Summer of 2017
Using Joseph Campbell’s blueprint of the Hero’s Journey and the Jungian understanding of the development of the psyche, we’ll examine the quest of the Hero throughout time as we discuss myths ranging from Parsifal's search for the Holy Grail to the Tales of Baba Yaga, encounter the visual arts through the centuries, revel in musical works of Beethoven, Schumann, Mozart, and Berlioz , and bask in the poetry of Rilke, Goethe, Mary Oliver, Anne Sexton and T.S. Eliot.
Live seminar and online webinar next offered in Summer of 2017
Using Joseph Campbell’s blueprint of the Hero’s Journey and the Jungian understanding of the development of the psyche, we’ll examine the quest of the Hero throughout time as we discuss myths ranging from Parsifal's search for the Holy Grail to the Tales of Baba Yaga, encounter the visual arts through the centuries, revel in musical works of Beethoven, Schumann, Mozart, and Berlioz , and bask in the poetry of Rilke, Goethe, Mary Oliver, Anne Sexton and T.S. Eliot.
Week One: The Map: Joseph Campbell’s Blueprint of the Hero’s Journey
The monomythic parallels of Jesus, Buddha, Moses, King Arthur, Luke Skywalker and Harry Potter
Week Two: The Search Begins in Failure
Parsifal and the Fisher King; Mozart and Classical Sonata Form as Mythic Journey; Dante
Week Three: Descent and Love, The Anima/Animus
Berlioz:'s Symphonie Fantastique; Ardhanari: Tamil sculptures of Shiva and Parvati
Week Four: Encountering the Feminine: Good Witch/Bad Witch
Baba Yaga; The Legend of Gawaine and the Loathely Lady; Moussorgsky; Cantigas de Santa Maria
Week Five: Confronting The Split Self and the Shadow
Pablo Picasso: Minotaur Series and Robert Schumann's Davidsbundlertanze Op.6
Week Six: Facing Death and Homecoming
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Auguste Rodin: The Burghers of Calais
Gustav Klimt's Beethoven Frieze and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
The monomythic parallels of Jesus, Buddha, Moses, King Arthur, Luke Skywalker and Harry Potter
Week Two: The Search Begins in Failure
Parsifal and the Fisher King; Mozart and Classical Sonata Form as Mythic Journey; Dante
Week Three: Descent and Love, The Anima/Animus
Berlioz:'s Symphonie Fantastique; Ardhanari: Tamil sculptures of Shiva and Parvati
Week Four: Encountering the Feminine: Good Witch/Bad Witch
Baba Yaga; The Legend of Gawaine and the Loathely Lady; Moussorgsky; Cantigas de Santa Maria
Week Five: Confronting The Split Self and the Shadow
Pablo Picasso: Minotaur Series and Robert Schumann's Davidsbundlertanze Op.6
Week Six: Facing Death and Homecoming
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Auguste Rodin: The Burghers of Calais
Gustav Klimt's Beethoven Frieze and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Gustav Klimt's Beethoven Frieze