Who Failed Anakin, Lewis on anxiety, and The Old North

Mythic Mind ep. 197 on Anakin, a new Inkwell piece on Lewis and grief, and a first look at The Old North for winter 2026-27. Also this week: Games ep. 56 and more.

Hello, Fellowship,

Here are a few things happening around the hearth this week.

Who Failed Anakin Skywalker?

On Mythic Mind: Who Failed Anakin Skywalker? (ep. 197)
Who failed Anakin Skywalker: the Jedi, Palpatine, or Anakin himself? This Exploring the Psyche episode reads the fall through disordered desire, Boethius's wheel, and the harder freedom of ordered love.
Watch or listen here

We are Christians, not Stoics

Giovanni Bellini's painting The Agony in the Garden: Christ kneels in prayer on a rocky hill at dawn while three disciples sleep below and Judas leads soldiers from the distant city.

New in The Inkwell: We are Christians, not Stoics: C.S. Lewis on Anxiety and Grief
Why anxiety is an affliction rather than a sin, and how Lewis's own grief shows that faith does not require composure.
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The Old North

The Old North, Mythic Mind's winter season for 2026-27, begins in December. Here is a short look ahead:

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Upcoming Member Discussions:

Kierkegaard Course (Fellows and Companions): The Concept of Anxiety, Sections 3-5

Friday - Mythic Mind Movies - Batman Begins

Tuesday - Mythic Mind Games - Brothers, A Tales of Two Sons

Members can join the podcast discussions via the links on the calendar.

Join the Fellowship

If you have been following along as a free member, I invite you to take a seat around the hearth. Membership gives you access to the courses, the private ad-free podcast feeds, and The Inkwell.

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Thank you for being part of this.

Sincerely,

Andrew Snyder, Ph.D.

Mythic Mind

You Have Forgotten Who You Are: Boethius' Consolation, Book I (Mythic Mind, ep. 198)

Boethius has forgotten who he is. On Exploring the Psyche, Andrew follows Lady Philosophy's first cure: recover the human form, remember the inward light, and hold fortune's gifts in an open hand.

Would You Trade a Lived Life for a Dying Wish? To the Moon (Mythic Mind Games, ep. 56)

To the Moon offers a dying man the life he wished for by rewriting the one he actually lived. The wish feels like consolation until you notice the reconciliation was never real, and romantic fantasy has nothing solid left to stand on.

We are Christians, not Stoics: C.S. Lewis on Anxiety and Grief

Why anxiety is an affliction rather than a sin, and how Lewis's own grief shows that faith does not require composure

Who Failed Anakin Skywalker? (Mythic Mind, ep. 197)

Who failed Anakin Skywalker: the Jedi, Palpatine, or Anakin himself? On Exploring the Psyche, Andrew reads the fall through disordered desire, Boethius's wheel, and the harder freedom of ordered love.