Mythic Journeys' is a performance festival and conference festival held annually in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 2004, it began as a celebration of the works of Joseph Campbell and has expanded into a celebration of the role of myth and storytelling in the modern world.
Put on by the Mythic Imagination Institute in Atlanta every two years, the conference attracts such guests as Deepak Chopra, James Hillman, Robert Bly, Janis Ian, Caitlin and John Matthews, Wendy and Brian Froud, Joyce Carol Oates, Terri Windling, Ulla Suokko[1], and many other participants from such fields as psychology, religion, science, literature, education, entertainment and the arts.[2][3][4][5]
In 2009 Mythic Journeys the movie was released, written and directed by Stephen and Whitney Boe. This is a documentary, shot at the 2006 Mythic Journeys festival[6], that includes animation and short film segments, about the role of mythology and mysticism in modern day society and storytelling, featuring interviews with Deepak Chopra and Michael Beckwith. This footage is placed within a frame story ] for which Brian and Wendy Froud created the puppets[7] and actors Mark Hamill, Lance Henriksen and Tim Curry provided the voices.
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