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[Recorded April 22, 2020] Decoding MOS and BvS with the story of the Grail. Parallels between the first grail knight, Percival, and the first superhero, Superman.
Answers, insights, and commentary on:
- Arthurian influence on Snyder and Terrio
- Joseph Campbell’s love of Parzival
- Arthur, The Grail, and Percival
- Chrétien de Troyes adds the Grail
- Percival, Perceval, Percifull, Parsifal, Parzival, Percivel…
- Faire Unknown motif
- Contemporary Story for Contemporary Audience
- Siege Perilous: Destiny & Free Will
- Becoming The Red Knight
- Percival and Superman Kill Only Once
- Cultures of Acceptable Violence
- Carl Jung’s concept of the Shadow
- Batman & Superman’s Shadow
- Shadow Consciousness Or Else
- Societal Expectations: Silencing Of Natural Self
- Marriage For Love: Western Spirit
- Silent Champion From Afar
- Chrétien’s Unfinished Romance
- And much more!
To learn more:
Le Mort D’Arthur | Thomas Mallory (Armstrong)
Owning Your Own Shadow | Robert A. Johnson
Living An Examined Life | James Hollis
Myths to Live By | Joseph Campbell
Eternal Chalice | Monica Potkay
Emotions in Medieval Arthurian Literature | Frank Brandsma
King Arthur: History & Legend | Dorsey Armstrong
The Crusades: A History | Jonathan Riley-Smith
Fantastic Creatures | Juliette Wood
Joseph Campbell: A Fire In The Mind | Larsen & Larsen
Carl Jung: Wounded Healer | Claire Dunne
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“The most rewarding mythological experience you can have is to see how it lives in your own psychological structure.”
“We have not even to risk the adventure alone for the heroes of all times have gone before us. . . . And where we had thought to be alone we shall be with all the world.”
Great episode, Doc! As always, I’m blown away by how deep you’re willing to dive into the material and keep coming back up with new treasures.
Thanks for listening and the kind words, Andy.
Hey Doc, any comments/thoughts on the recent announcement of Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League? Would appreciate of the top of your head commentary or whatever you might have. Keen to hear it.
You can check my posts here or twitter. Maybe I’ll release my recorded celebration as a Ramble Road, it’s a little sappy lol.
I’m happy, but am already looking forward.
I’ve got a lot of heartfelt things to say, which I think (tentatively) I’ll put into a podcast after the next Grail episode drops, but before the Grail finale.
As exciting as the announcement is and as long as the wait has been, these coming months will still be a marathon of sorts that can make all the difference.
Definitely celebrate today, rejoice, be grateful, savor this!
But having had to defend these films for the better part of a decade now… I know that now is the time to get ready to do that right so we can take the world by storm, just like they didn’t see this coming either!
You gather more people to understand, appreciate, and love these films as they are, you open up doors to all sorts of possibilities of where this can go!
We’ve only just begun!