We all know we will die one day. It is another thing to consider that it is I who am going to die. In this Mythic Mind conversation, Dr. Andrew Snyder (professor of philosophy and theology) is joined by David and Jack to read Tolstoy's The Death of
Friends, Our course on Søren Kierkegaard has officially begun! Over the next eight weeks we'll be reading The Concept of Anxiety and The Sickness unto Death together, two short but profound books on anxiety, despair, and what it means to become a self. Our first live meeting is
Video games do not merely distract from sorrow. Through time spent with characters, player agency, and participation in sub-creation, they can become a unique art form for facing grief, mortality, and what loss teaches the soul. In this fellowship conversation, Dr. Andrew Snyder and guests ask why games are
We are pressed to dissolve into the mass, to wear a demographic as a self, or to win identity from whatever community we most esteem. Kierkegaard’s answer cuts the other way: the glory of the human being is to recognize utter dependency on God. In Mythic Mind episode 193,
Our next study, “The Psychology of Søren Kierkegaard: Life in Anxiety & Despair,” begins next week. Become a Fellow to participate, access previous courses, and enjoy the fuller life of the Fellowship. The first 10 people to use this link get 25% off their first year: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/fellow25
Friends, Two new episodes this week, and then the Kierkegaard course opens. Why Socialism Is Poison to the Soul (Mythic Mind, ep. 192) In Mythic Mind ep. 192 challenge a "win at all cost" approach that encourages the political Right to embrace socialism. I try to grant the
We tend to think that the past is fixed in memory and that our eyes simply tell us the truth. Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon shows something more unsettling: people can witness the same event and remember it differently, not only because they lie, but because pride, shame, fear, and self-
Socialism is often sold as justice, necessity, or the only way to win. This Exploring the Psyche episode asks a harder question: what does that bargain do to the soul? In Mythic Mind episode 192, Dr. Andrew Snyder takes up a live Right-wing temptation around redistribution, democratic appetite politics,
Friends, Over the last month, downloads across the Mythic Mind podcasts have nearly doubled. Many of you have been walking with us through this Exploring the Psyche season: anxiety, home, identity, movies, games, and becoming a self. I’m grateful you’re here for it. Here’s what’s new
Andrew talks with licensed therapists Jeremy Kee and Tyler Finders about identity and becoming a self: how we come to know who we are, what it means to choose ourselves in freedom, and how anxiety, role, and recognition shape the person we are becoming in this Exploring the Psyche season.
Dead Poets Society can awaken a self that has gone quiet — and still leave that self stranded between inspiration and a life it cannot inhabit. In this episode, Andrew reads the film through Kierkegaard: the romantic summons to become a self, the dizziness of freedom, and the tragedy of a
In this Mythic Mind Exploring the Psyche conversation, Dr. Andrew Snyder talks with licensed therapists Jeremy Key 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’