Psychology Today | 20.01.2026 05:20
In 1949, Joseph Campbell listened to the stories humans have always told, stories of rupture and repair, of loss and return. And as he sat with myths and fairy tales, with films and legends, he noticed the same pattern repeating itself time and again (Campbell, 1949). It shimmered in children’s stories about magic and mystery, in films with caped heroes soaring across screens, and in sweeping space operas set among the stars.
