The focus is on dream theory and amplification methods. The depth psychology of C. Jung and his successors enables us to see how mythology expresses psychology and how psychology may be understood as mythology. The works of other post-Jungian writers are also examined to exemplify selected aspects of the archetypal approach. Geographies of paradise, wilderness, frontier, desert, and ocean are mythic interior landscapes as well as external habitations of divinities and demons, where individuals experience tests, revelations, and illuminations.
This course explores external landscapes and their archetypal analogues as mythopoetic spaces to discern how mythic consciousness is rooted in the poetry of landscapes. A myth, like a movie script, is a story that is false outside not a true story and true inside like a symbol. The power of film to provoke emotions comes from the archetypal core of all conflicts that define human nature.
Each generation of artists re-interprets the eternal stories to evoke the everchanging cultural context. Using a mythological approach, the instructor presents selected portions of films to isolate the universal archetypal pattern at play. It also offers an explanation for mistakes and failures to evoke an emotional response from the audience. Every culture seems to have had myths and rituals through which it has sought to contain and constrain human sexuality and to define gender roles.
This course will focus on Hindu and Graeco-Roman traditions and on ostensibly post-mythic contemporary attempts to move beyond the binarisms so central to the traditional understanding, though it will also include reference to indigenous American and Jewish-Christian perspectives.
From comic books and graphic novels to blockbuster films based on superhero characters, mythological and archetypal material is exploding in popular culture. Through a variety of academic lenses, this course considers the comic book genre alongside, and as part of, such divergent disciplines as mythological studies, comparative religion, and gender and cultural studies, with an eye toward the im possible capacities of the super human psyche.
The combined reading of comic books and recent superhero films alongside and as part of critical discourse from within historical, theoretical, and depth psychological traditions, empowers students to unpack and interpret a variety of mythological themes and examine their impact on contemporary culture.
Against the backdrop of individual and cultural dependence on a fundamental mythos, this course examines Godimages in the context of secularization, religious pluralism, and postmodern network culture. Self-inquiry is conjoined with critical reflection on the relationships between religion, culture, and the psyche. Research skills are cultivated through a series of courses leading to dissertation writing. An exploration of philosophical, artistic, literary, musical, and psychological approaches to myth, from Antiquity to Modernism.
The course will introduce the student to the major schools of the interpretation of myth, with a focus on key figures in the field. In addition to theoretical approaches to myth, the course will explore responses to myth in major works of film, painting, literature, and music. Finally, the course will track changing approaches to certain key myths as they reflect the theoretical and artistic preoccupations of different periods Classical, Renaissance, Romantic, and Modernist.
In many ways Religious Studies can be seen as a forerunner of Mythological Studies. Awareness of the debates that shaped this field and the methodological approaches that emerged from them can help students determine how best to hold the phenomenon of myth up to view. The aim of this course is to understand these various possible approaches and the wider implications of those choices.
This course examines dissertation research options supported by the program including theoretical studies in the humanities, humanistic social sciences approaches, and production style projects. It explores the technical aspects of conducting research such as style, rhetoric, and utilization of library resources. The psychological aspects of research and writing processes are also addressed. The issues, tasks, and processes of conducting research and drafting initial concepts are addressed.
This course provides the framework for implementing a research idea and writing the concept paper which serves as the basis for the dissertation proposal. The classes also teach strategies and techniques for research and completion of the concept paper.
No incompletes are allowed in MS This course consists of lectures by institute faculty and guest speakers on a wide range of topics pertaining to myth, religious traditions, literature, depth psychology, and culture.
The purpose of this course is to enable students to consolidate and integrate their learning during the second year of the program. The course also serves as the Comprehensive Exam in the program. Students must successfully pass this exam to be eligible for the M.
The purpose of Self-Directed Studies is to allow students to explore areas of interest in mythological studies and depth psychology outside the boundaries of the curriculum. Student must complete a total of 35 hours and submit a reflective paper; this may occur anytime during the course of the program, and is required for the awarding of the Ph. All hours must be pre-approved through discussion with a self-directed studies coordinator. Under the supervision of a Dissertation Committee, students submit a proposal, conduct original research, write and defend a doctoral dissertation.
Additional fees will be assessed for this course. Prerequisite: MS Department of Education. Physical Campus Closure - Institute has transitioned to operating remotely see further details.
Search Form. Degree Programs Clinical Psychology M. Counseling Psychology M. Counseling Psychology Psy. There is also one five-day summer session each year. This curriculum may vary depending upon evolving academic needs. The required fourth and fifth years of study focus on reading, research, and dissertation writing.
In addition, an oral consultation takes place in the Dissertation Formulation course during the third year of the program. The purpose of this assessment is to raise critical questions pertaining to the proposed dissertation project. Students must successfully incorporate the critique of this consultation into their dissertation concept papers in order to be advanced to candidacy. The dissertation requirements include successful completion of the advanced research courses: Religious Studies Approaches to Mythology, Research Strategies for Dissertation Writing, and Dissertation Formulation.
Students must produce an acceptable Dissertation Concept Paper before enrolling in Dissertation Writing. Each member must possess an earned doctorate degree based on a dissertation, unless this requirement is waived by the Research Coordinator of the Mythological Studies Program. Department of Education. Physical Campus Closure - Institute has transitioned to operating remotely see further details. Search Form. Degree Programs Clinical Psychology M. Counseling Psychology M. Counseling Psychology Psy.
Mythological Studies M. Request More Information. Home Degree Programs Mythological Studies. The Mythological Studies Program at Pacifica. Download the Information Guide.
The program is richly informed by the pioneering works of Sigmund Freud, C. Jung, Marie-Louise von Franz, James Hillman, and mythologist Joseph Campbell, who taught that myth has the power to touch our deepest creative energies, and to generate symbolic images that confer significance upon the complexity of modern life and history.
It thrives on paradox, ambiguity, and the shape-shifting ways that metaphor informs and transforms our lives. Cultivating the mythic imagination leads to self-revelation and a profound and dynamic understanding of cultures—both of our own and others.
The curriculum as a whole is animated by two basic questions: How is this material meaningful to me in my life and work, and how is it meaningful to the world within which I live? The sequence of course work provides a sustained inquiry into the diverse mythologies of the world, situating them in the global context of the postmodern world.
The rituals and contemplative practices of religious traditions are investigated along with mythic and archetypal aspects of modern literature, contemporary events, and popular culture. Several methods of scholarly interpretation are taught with a special emphasis on the hermeneutical approaches of depth psychology. Contact the Admissions Advisor Myth pacifica. The second half of the Junior tutorial 98b investigates areas for research at the intersection of the Special Field and folklore proper.
The senior tutorial is devoted to the honors thesis required of all concentrators. The dual structure of the Concentration, together with the unique position of folklore studies between the humanities and the social sciences, offers students an insurance policy against parochialism, while at the same time guaranteeing a deep and certain grasp of a traditional discipline.
The original faculty legislation founding the program charged that candidates be prepared to do graduate work in the departments represented by their Special Field, as well as in Folklore and Mythology. In fact, our graduates have, over the years, exercised not only those alternatives, but have, like most graduates of the College, gone on to careers in law, business, medicine, and a variety of other professions, including journalism and film.
No special background is required for any Folklore and Mythology course, but good general preparation in languages, literature, history, and expository writing will be advantageous. Our Concentration strongly recommends proficiency in a language other than English, equivalent to that acquired by two years of college study.
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