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Delphic Podcast by Michael R D James

Delphic Podcast by Michael R D James

By: Michael R D James
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A series of episodes comparing and contrasting Campbells view of the universality and necessity of myth with the Philosophical and Metaphysical accounts of the Ancient Greek, Enlightenment, and Modern Hylomorphic and Critical Philosophy.

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  • The Delphic Podcats by Michael R D James, Review of Campbells "Myths to Live By" Season 14 Episode 3
    Apr 5 2026

    The Decline of the West is the theme for this essay and Campbell refers to a loss of form which was present in Athens but not in the larger social entities such as Rome, New York, London, and Paris. Freuds myth of the "Band of Brothers" is part of his conjectural history of the evolution of the civilising process and points to the taboo/law of equality. 1914 is the year Campbell believes the process of decline began but there is evidence that the process of decline began much earlier. Universities and their ceremonial rituals are not considered by Campbell.

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    15 mins
  • The Delphic Podcasts by Michael R D James, Review of Campbells "Myths to Live By" Season 14 Episode 2
    Apr 4 2026

    The discipline of Psychology is "trans-scientific" which might account for the "conceptual confusion" in the subject that Wittgenstein pointed to. In 1870 research in accordance with the definition "The Science of Consciousness" followed a reductionist program that truncated the broader concerns of Psychology. Sensations, feelings and behaviour replaced wider concerns for the idea of Psuché (forms of life)

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    17 mins
  • The Delphic Podcasts by Michael R D James Review of Myths to live by S14 E1
    Apr 1 2026

    Science has a metaphysical (Philosophical) foundation which Campbell fails to recognise, preferring to focus instead of certain forms of technology not connected to the weapons of mass destruction the scientists have produced to solve essentially political problems. Freuds work and the History of Philosophy and Psychology are also marginalised by Campbells account

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