Mythic_U
@mythicu.bsky.social
Taoist Pantheist Trekkie.
Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations makes the universe go round.
What is your mythology?
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Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations makes the universe go round.
What is your mythology?
http://mythicu.buzzsprout.com
Post a random Trek image.
August 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Post a random Trek image.
Beyond images, beyond that bounding rim of the Buddhist Wheel of Becoming. Mythology pitches the mind beyond that rim, to what can be known but not told."
- Joseph Campbell
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- Joseph Campbell
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August 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Beyond images, beyond that bounding rim of the Buddhist Wheel of Becoming. Mythology pitches the mind beyond that rim, to what can be known but not told."
- Joseph Campbell
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- Joseph Campbell
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"Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truth--penultimate because the ultimate cannot be put into words. It is beyond words. 1/2
August 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truth--penultimate because the ultimate cannot be put into words. It is beyond words. 1/2
Supes takes down the slums and the city builds new, better housing!
August 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Supes takes down the slums and the city builds new, better housing!
Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations is a remarkably pithy summing up of a core reality. It’s literally how the universe works. It has a real spiritual dimension as well. It’s basically a Pantheist prayer.
August 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations is a remarkably pithy summing up of a core reality. It’s literally how the universe works. It has a real spiritual dimension as well. It’s basically a Pantheist prayer.
The film is unabashedly political bc Superman has always been political & right now we are having a major mythological fight in America. What is the story of America? What is our shared myth? Who are our shared heroes & what shared values do they fight for? Do we value kindness - or power? 17/17
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The film is unabashedly political bc Superman has always been political & right now we are having a major mythological fight in America. What is the story of America? What is our shared myth? Who are our shared heroes & what shared values do they fight for? Do we value kindness - or power? 17/17
Gunn brings these things perfectly together in the keynote of the movie:
Lois, wonderingly noting, “You think everything and everyone is beautiful.”
Superman replies, “Maybe that’s the real punk rock.”
I felt that resonate through the theater. People applauded. 16/
Lois, wonderingly noting, “You think everything and everyone is beautiful.”
Superman replies, “Maybe that’s the real punk rock.”
I felt that resonate through the theater. People applauded. 16/
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Gunn brings these things perfectly together in the keynote of the movie:
Lois, wonderingly noting, “You think everything and everyone is beautiful.”
Superman replies, “Maybe that’s the real punk rock.”
I felt that resonate through the theater. People applauded. 16/
Lois, wonderingly noting, “You think everything and everyone is beautiful.”
Superman replies, “Maybe that’s the real punk rock.”
I felt that resonate through the theater. People applauded. 16/
Gunn gleefully mixes up eras of Superman in this energetic film & utterly alters a piece of Superman lore, but all in service of a tale that puts uncomplicated, unironic Superman in a very complex world where out of control billionaires are manipulating corrupt politicians for personal aims. 15/
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Gunn gleefully mixes up eras of Superman in this energetic film & utterly alters a piece of Superman lore, but all in service of a tale that puts uncomplicated, unironic Superman in a very complex world where out of control billionaires are manipulating corrupt politicians for personal aims. 15/
Weldon says further, “Superman changes as we change. He is a flattering mirror - he shows us what we want to be. He was The Man of Tomorrow long before he was the Man of Steel.” And in 2025’s Superman we get a vulnerable, not overpowered Supes (thank you, Mr Gunn!) with a sense of humor. 14/
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Weldon says further, “Superman changes as we change. He is a flattering mirror - he shows us what we want to be. He was The Man of Tomorrow long before he was the Man of Steel.” And in 2025’s Superman we get a vulnerable, not overpowered Supes (thank you, Mr Gunn!) with a sense of humor. 14/
Weldon, in chapter one of Superman’s biography, calls Superman “an orphan and an immigrant” which gives him emotional resonance as well as “the ultimate American, a Gatsby” leaving behind an Old World for the New World and forging his own path. 13/
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Weldon, in chapter one of Superman’s biography, calls Superman “an orphan and an immigrant” which gives him emotional resonance as well as “the ultimate American, a Gatsby” leaving behind an Old World for the New World and forging his own path. 13/
Superman biographer, Glen Weldon, sums him up as “a hero. He puts the needs of others before his own & he never gives up.” Simple & straight-forward, Weldon continues, Superman is “square.” His nerdly secret identity reveals him even as he hides in it. His stalwart unironic goodness is key. 12/
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Superman biographer, Glen Weldon, sums him up as “a hero. He puts the needs of others before his own & he never gives up.” Simple & straight-forward, Weldon continues, Superman is “square.” His nerdly secret identity reveals him even as he hides in it. His stalwart unironic goodness is key. 12/
But always a sharp, dedicated reporter, today Lois is a tough professional and frequent player among beings much more physically powerful than she is. These days she not only knows Clark is Superman, she’s frequently married to both. 11/
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
But always a sharp, dedicated reporter, today Lois is a tough professional and frequent player among beings much more physically powerful than she is. These days she not only knows Clark is Superman, she’s frequently married to both. 11/
This change of core identity strengthens Superman’s mythic resonances - there are several mythic traditions of gods taking on human identities for various reasons, often to love a human woman. Lois, who appeared w Superman in Action Comics #1, shifted w Supes. Originally an unattainable ideal 10/
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This change of core identity strengthens Superman’s mythic resonances - there are several mythic traditions of gods taking on human identities for various reasons, often to love a human woman. Lois, who appeared w Superman in Action Comics #1, shifted w Supes. Originally an unattainable ideal 10/
By this time, Superman had built up a tremendous cultural cache even as his books were being outsold by darker, more violent super anti-heroes. The reboot made key changes in the character. In days past, Superman was the base identity & Clark Kent a disguise. Now Clark became the true identity. 9/
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
By this time, Superman had built up a tremendous cultural cache even as his books were being outsold by darker, more violent super anti-heroes. The reboot made key changes in the character. In days past, Superman was the base identity & Clark Kent a disguise. Now Clark became the true identity. 9/
The 1980s brought the rise of graphic novels, the destruction of the DC multiverse & a massive reboot of Superman, who had over the decades acquired ridiculous power levels & many fellow Kryptonians in his stories. John Byrne’s The Man of Steel reworked Superman into who we know him as today. 8/
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The 1980s brought the rise of graphic novels, the destruction of the DC multiverse & a massive reboot of Superman, who had over the decades acquired ridiculous power levels & many fellow Kryptonians in his stories. John Byrne’s The Man of Steel reworked Superman into who we know him as today. 8/
The 70s also saw Superman: The Movie - so iconic movies & other media continue to reference it in Superman material. From Andrew Wyeth to Jesus Christ, the film’s influences & images were epic. Despite America being disillusioned from Nixon and Vietnam, we all believed a man could fly. 7/
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The 70s also saw Superman: The Movie - so iconic movies & other media continue to reference it in Superman material. From Andrew Wyeth to Jesus Christ, the film’s influences & images were epic. Despite America being disillusioned from Nixon and Vietnam, we all believed a man could fly. 7/
After the counter culture 1960s - and the premiere of a new kind of superhero (flawed, teenaged, angsty) in Marvel comics - Superman’s popularity declined and he began to feel out of step with the times. Attempts to make him hipper were, um, weird. 6/
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
After the counter culture 1960s - and the premiere of a new kind of superhero (flawed, teenaged, angsty) in Marvel comics - Superman’s popularity declined and he began to feel out of step with the times. Attempts to make him hipper were, um, weird. 6/
After the war, Superman, like America, settled into domestic growth. By 1956 there were multiple comic book titles & a popular tv show. Superman was now kiddy fare, the violence got toned WAY down, moral lessons got turned WAY up. Out w the social reformer, in w the Big Blue Boy Scout. 5/
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
After the war, Superman, like America, settled into domestic growth. By 1956 there were multiple comic book titles & a popular tv show. Superman was now kiddy fare, the violence got toned WAY down, moral lessons got turned WAY up. Out w the social reformer, in w the Big Blue Boy Scout. 5/
"The American Way" became part of Superman in WWII when everyone got swept up into nationalism & patriotism. Superman quickly became specifically American - anti-Fascist & anti-Nazi. Some of the comics & the Fleischer cartoons reflected American attitudes w racist depictions of Japanese people. 4/
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"The American Way" became part of Superman in WWII when everyone got swept up into nationalism & patriotism. Superman quickly became specifically American - anti-Fascist & anti-Nazi. Some of the comics & the Fleischer cartoons reflected American attitudes w racist depictions of Japanese people. 4/
In this early era (1938-41), Superman is abrupt, fierce & violent, going after slumlords & barons of industry who cut safety precautions for their workers. In this disruptive time in America's history, Superman is clearly on the side of the downtrodden over the rich and powerful. 3/
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
In this early era (1938-41), Superman is abrupt, fierce & violent, going after slumlords & barons of industry who cut safety precautions for their workers. In this disruptive time in America's history, Superman is clearly on the side of the downtrodden over the rich and powerful. 3/
Described in this 1st appearance as “a champion of the oppressed”, Superman comes to the aid of beaten wife & rescues Lois Lane from a gangster who kidnaps her after she rebuffs his advances, before investigating a Senator he suspects is corrupt. Depression Era Supes was a social reformer. 2/
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Described in this 1st appearance as “a champion of the oppressed”, Superman comes to the aid of beaten wife & rescues Lois Lane from a gangster who kidnaps her after she rebuffs his advances, before investigating a Senator he suspects is corrupt. Depression Era Supes was a social reformer. 2/
Superman is simple. Superman’s relationship w America is complicated. Superman is a modern myth so he tells us a lot abt ourselves. His adventures were 13 of 64 pages of Action Comics #1 (1938) & within days kids across the country were at their local newsstands for “The comic with Superman!” 1/
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Superman is simple. Superman’s relationship w America is complicated. Superman is a modern myth so he tells us a lot abt ourselves. His adventures were 13 of 64 pages of Action Comics #1 (1938) & within days kids across the country were at their local newsstands for “The comic with Superman!” 1/
This is so much FUN!
Demora Sulu
Samantha Wildman
Sito Jaxa
Plus Erin Macdonald
Tawny Newsome
I see a Roddenberry peeking out on the left.
LOVE the tribute to characters and creators!
Demora Sulu
Samantha Wildman
Sito Jaxa
Plus Erin Macdonald
Tawny Newsome
I see a Roddenberry peeking out on the left.
LOVE the tribute to characters and creators!
July 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This is so much FUN!
Demora Sulu
Samantha Wildman
Sito Jaxa
Plus Erin Macdonald
Tawny Newsome
I see a Roddenberry peeking out on the left.
LOVE the tribute to characters and creators!
Demora Sulu
Samantha Wildman
Sito Jaxa
Plus Erin Macdonald
Tawny Newsome
I see a Roddenberry peeking out on the left.
LOVE the tribute to characters and creators!
If you've never seen To Have and Have Not - the movie where they met - check it out. I have no idea what the story is because it is All. About. THEM.
July 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If you've never seen To Have and Have Not - the movie where they met - check it out. I have no idea what the story is because it is All. About. THEM.