Mythos S03E04 · Between Pairs of Opposites: Thomas Mann and The Magic Mountain

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Revolutionary impacts on art and thought as it correlates with myth themes, life or art. Specifically looking at Tomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain" (1924), Lord Death and Lady Lust. Hermetic pedagogy, as Campbell himself states.

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1. 1 1. Love as the Guide: The Arthurian romances, including Tristan and IseultArthurian romances from 1150-1250 AD have two love forms: lust-zeal of the organs and agape- spiritual love. Christian of Troy writer of 'Tristan', 'Erec', 'Cliges', 'Lancelot', 'T
2. 2 2. The Path of the Heart: Parzival and the Grail QuestThe Arthurian quest of the holy grail, or a meeting with God, grail being the passion of Christ. Wolfram von Escher Bach's "Parzival" (1210). "The Quest of the Holy Grail" presents
3. 3 3. Beyond Space and Time: The Romantic philosophersDiscusses 18th- and 19th-century German Romantic Philosophies. The philosophy of Schopenhauer: Will in Nature.
4. 4 4. Between Pairs of Opposites: Thomas Mann and The Magic MountainRevolutionary impacts on art and thought as it correlates with myth themes, life or art. Specifically looking at Tomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain" (1924), Lord Death and Lady Lust.
5. 5 5. Into the Well of Myth: The Joseph novels and modern mythA close look at aspects of Mann's "Joseph and His Brothers" (4 novel series), its modern retelling of a Biblical tale, use of myth and other religious sources, and psychological in