Finding your Bliss

- Reg Harris
A symbol is “like a mirror swinging out from the mind, able to look back on itself.” In symbols, we can step back from life and see it objectively. We can look back at where we are and where we have been. Joseph Campbell is, perhaps, most famous for his advice “follow your bliss.” In […]

Mythos and Logos

- Reg Harris
Mythic thought touches the essence of experience: the significance and meaning of life. In our logos-oriented world, we must nurture our mythic side to maintain balance and health. Our lives are filled with polar systems: good and bad, right and wrong, rich and poor, light and dark, conservative and liberal, being and nonbeing. Maintaining our […]

Translating Campbell for Everyday Life

- Reg Harris
Ironically, the characteristics that make Campbell’s work rich and compelling are also the characteristics that can make it difficult to apply his ideas to our everyday journeys. Over the three-plus decades that I have studied and used the hero’s journey, people have often told me that they love Campbell’s work, but they have difficulty teaching […]