Delphic Podcast by Michael R D James
Jul 17, 2026 · 14 min · 10 segments
Philosophy is concerned with the totality of the acts of man including his civilisation-building and culture-creation activities. Its form of perspicuous representation, however, is not descriptive…
Michael R. D. JamesHostJoseph Campbell in his work embraces Kant's transcendental analogy, claiming that this too is a product of imagination and can be used to embody aesthetic ideas related to God and his love for humanity.
Campbell also insists that gods, monsters, and devils are not objective external presences but are rather internal phantasms projected onto the external world.
Considerable pathological energy lies behind such projections which may well be categorized by some psychologists as psychotic.
Campbell proposes that gods, monsters, and devils are both out there in the external world and are also within us in his dialectical approach to mythological problems.
Campbell speaks of the hero's journey which appears to be explorative, venturing out into an unfriendly hostile environment and marked by life-threatening challenges.
Joseph Campbell in his work embraces Kant's transcendental analogy, claiming that this too is a product of imagination and can be used to embody aesthetic ideas related to God and his love for humanity.
Campbell also insists that gods, monsters, and devils are not objective external presences but are rather internal phantasms projected onto the external world.
Considerable pathological energy lies behind such projections which may well be categorized by some psychologists as psychotic.
Campbell proposes that gods, monsters, and devils are both out there in the external world and are also within us in his dialectical approach to mythological problems.
Campbell speaks of the hero's journey which appears to be explorative, venturing out into an unfriendly hostile environment and marked by life-threatening challenges.
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