Welcome to Myth Matters, a thought-provoking exploration of myth in contemporary life and the intersection of myth, creativity, and consciousness. Host Catherine Svehla PhD. shares her knowledge of mythology and depth psychology to find insight and explore possibilities. Member of the Joseph Campbell Foundation MythMaker℠ Podcast Network. Learn more at www.mythicmojo.com and keep the mystery in your life alive.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to Myth Matters, a thought-provoking exploration of myth in contemporary life and the intersection of myth, creativity, and consciousness. Host Catherine Svehla PhD. shares her knowledge of mythology and depth psychology to find insight and explore possibilities. Member of the Joseph Campbell Foundation MythMaker℠ Podcast Network.
Myth Matters is hosted by Catherine Svehla. The show has published 152 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Underworld Journeys: The Realms Copper Silver Gold" (7 October 2026, 41 minutes), "Abundance and the needs of the "kingdom": The Shepherd's Nosegay fairy tale" (11 September 2026, 58 minutes), and "Who are we? Epics, identity, and Nolan's Odyssey" (21 August 2026, 45 minutes).
Myth Matters publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 152 episodes.
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Catherine Svehla hosts Myth Matters, a society podcast with 152 episodes published.
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Episode #11
Underworld Journeys: The Realms of Copper, Silver, and Gold Stories of the underworld and underworld experiences are an important piece of our mythic inheritance and yet our understanding of the variety and nuances may...
Episode #10
This episode revolves around a Czech fairy tale that you've probably never heard of but I suspect you'll recognize some of the motifs. The story raises some interesting questions about the nature of abundance and what's...
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“Epic shows us again and again the pattern of moving from the old myth to a new, carrying everything of value with it as it goes.” -- Louise Cowan Christopher Nolan's film version of the ancient Greek myth The Odyssey...
Episode #9
Send us Fan Mail "It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, that then when we no longer know which way to go, we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not...
Episode #8
Send Catherine a text Message “Energy, creation, movement and harmony, development, all happen under the aegis of love, in the domain of eros. Desire is the cause of all movement, and movement is the character of all...
Episode #7
Send Catherine a text Message "Some sisters said such things could never be, while others were convinced that anything was in the power of true deities---" - The Metamorphoses , Book 4, by Ovid translated by Allen...
Episode #6
<p>Send Catherine a text Message</p><p>“All things change; nothing perishes.”-- Ovid</p><p>Ovid was a Roman poet who wrote his master work, The Metamorphoses or "Transformations," in 8 C.E.. He weaves more than 250...
Episode #5
<p>Send Catherine a text Message</p><p>“The universe is a continuous web. Touch it at any point and the whole web quivers.” ― <b>Stanley Kunitz</b></p><p>I always dedicate the April episodes of Myth Matters to poetry as...
Episode #4
<p>Send Catherine a text Message</p><p>"But people must be taught lessons. Without them, none of them will ever learn.<br/>People are dreams and awkwardness and gawk. They prick their fingers<br/>Bleed and snore and...
Episode #8
<p>Send Catherine a text Message</p><p>The Norwegian fairy tale of "Tatterhood" begins as many stories do, with a kingdom that lacks something essential. Each of us lives in a fairy tale kingdom or two, in an orderly...
Episode #2
<p>Send Catherine a text Message</p><p>"We must unlearn the constellations to see the stars. "-- Jack Gilbert from "Tear it Down" </p><p>This episode revolves around a Hindu story, "The King and the Corpse," about a...
Episode #1
<p>Send Catherine a text Message</p><p>"Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy. The warrior's approach is to say 'yes' to life: 'yea' to...
Episode #16
<p>Send Catherine a text Message</p><p>The end of a year and our seasonal holidays invite evaluation, reflection on what the future holds, and longing for some type of renewal. A fresh start. A clean slate. Restoration...
Episode #15
<p>Send Catherine a text Message</p><p>“He who runs after two hares will catch neither.” Japanese proverb</p><p>Feelings of emptiness, lack, greed, dishonesty--- are any of us immune from this experience? The number of...
Episode #14
<p>Send Catherine a text Message</p><p>The existence and importance of other worlds populated by other beings, non-human beings, is consistent across mythological traditions. Today, the dominant culture has a difficult...
Episode #13
<p>Send Catherine a text Message</p><p>"We are all taking everything that we've learned from the past, and we're reformulating what we want to do with that and how we want to live. And so, one of the ideas that's...
Episode #12
<p>Send Catherine a text Message</p><p><b>"Leaving home" is an interesting metaphor for the call to significant change. </b>This episode is a reflection on intention, uncertainty, and how myths can help us listen to the...
Episode #11
<p>Send Catherine a text Message</p><p>In this episode, we take a look at the fairy tale "The Valiant Tailor" or the "The Brave Tailor," collected by the Brothers Grimm. Honestly, I almost dismissed this story as a bit...
Episode #10
<p>Send Catherine a text Message</p><p>“You must give up the life you planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you.”-- Joseph Campbell</p><p>In this episode we explore the mythic theme of <b>leaving...
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<p>Send Catherine a text Message</p><p>This is the last episode in a 4-part series on the Sumerian myth of Inanna: Dumuzi’s Dream and The Return. After Inanna ascends from the underworld, she chooses her lover-king...
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