Archetopical

Jan 12 2025 5 ep. 82 mins 41
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In Archetopical, history professor-turned-podcaster CJ Killmer invites you along on his journey to better understand reality, the human experience, and how to find meaning and a sense of efficacy in our increasingly insane world.

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Ep. 4: A Book of Job Survival Manual

Jan 12 2025 149 mins  
CJ has had a particularly difficult last 5 years or so, including battling alcoholism & depression, only to have his wife become disabled just as he was starting to come out of those struggles, which gave him & his family a bunch of new stresses, including severe financial ones that he's still trying to battle at the moment. In this episode of Archetopical, he shares some of that s

Episode 3: An Introduction to the Guerrilla Scholar-Warrior Concept

Dec 21 2024 84 mins  
In this episode of Archetopical, CJ explains the Taoist ideal of a Scholar-Warrior, and his own "guerrilla" version of it, adapted to our crazy-busy high-tech world.Like this episode?You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here:https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=D6VUYSYQ4EU6L (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=D6VUYSYQ4EU6L)Throw CJ a $ tip via Venmo here:htt

Episode 2: The Hardest Part of the Hero's Journey

Nov 16 2024 58 mins  
In this episode of Archetopical, CJ discusses the hardest part of the hero's journey - death & rebirth - and explores why fear can make it so hard, but why, the harder it is in regard to a particular hero's journey to overcome those fears, the greater will be the boon you acquire by having the courage to do it anyway.Like this episode?You can throw CJ a $ tip via Paypal here:https:

Episode 1: The Hero's Journey

Oct 22 2024 82 mins  
Join CJ as he shares an overview of the structure & archetypes of the Hero's Journey monomyth and associated archetypes (as popularized by people like Joseph Campbell & Christopher Vogler), and explains why he thinks these are important things to understand that can actually help us to navigate through our real-life challenges & struggles.

Episode 0: A Fool's Leap of Faith

Oct 03 2024 38 mins  
Introducing the Archetopical podcast by CJ Killmer.