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John Bucher, Ph.D. is a mythologist, storyteller, and writer based out of Hollywood, California. He serves as Executive Director for the Joseph Campbell Foundation and is also an author, podcaster, and speaker. He has worked with government and cultural leaders around the world as well as culturally significant companies including HBO, DC Comics, The History Channel, A24 Films, Atlas Obscura, The John Maxwell Leadership Foundation.
He is also one of the teachers for Pacifica Extension's upcoming Joseph Campbell Certificate Course 2026: Myth & Storytelling as a Gateway to Psyche and Soul that starts August 18. Learn more here: https://extension.pacifica.edu/joseph-campbell-certificate-course-2026-myth-storytelling-as-a-gateway-topsyche-and-so/
In this interview, Dr. Bucher discusses Campbell's influence and evolving relevance, how we write myths capable of guiding us through collective transformation, the misunderstandings of mythic storytelling, and what makes this collaboration so unique.
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The course is a partnership between Pacifica Graduate Institute and the Joseph Campbell Foundation.
#josephcampbell #psychology #depthpsychology #Pacifica #mythology #myth
John Bucher, Ph.D. is a mythologist, storyteller, and writer based out of Hollywood, California. He serves as Executive Director for the Joseph Campbell Foundation and is also an author, podcaster, and speaker. He has worked with government and cultural leaders around the world as well as culturally significant companies including HBO, DC Comics, The History Channel, A24 Films, Atlas Obscura, The John Maxwell Leadership Foundation.
He is also one of the teachers for Pacifica Extension's upcoming Joseph Campbell Certificate Course 2026: Myth & Storytelling as a Gateway to Psyche and Soul that starts August 18. Learn more here: https://extension.pacifica.edu/joseph-campbell-certificate-course-2026-myth-storytelling-as-a-gateway-topsyche-and-so/
In this interview, Dr. Bucher discusses Campbell's influence and evolving relevance, how we write myths capable of guiding us through collective transformation, the misunderstandings of mythic storytelling, and what makes this collaboration so unique.
.
The course is a partnership between Pacifica Graduate Institute and the Joseph Campbell Foundation.
#josephcampbell #psychology #depthpsychology #Pacifica #mythology #myth
