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= Mythic Imagination Institute =

The Mythic Imagination Institute is a non-profit organization based in Atlanta, Georgia, whose purpose is to encourage a creative response to life, both individual and collective, through storytelling and mythology: "Every life is a story, and a story can change the world." MII's main vehicles for achieving this purpose are conferences, performance festivals, lectures, and educational classes.

Examples of past events organized or sponsored by Mythic Imagination Institute include:


 * The Mythic Journeys conferences in 2004 and 2006 in Atlanta.
 * The Mythic Journeys radio program, a 2-hour audio program featuring highlights of the Mythic Journeys 2004 conference, produced by Public Radio International.
 * "War, Peace, and the America Imagination", an onstage discussion with James Hillman and Deepak Chopra, moderated by Jean Houston, held in 2005 at Emory University in Atlanta.
 * In 2007, the Mythic Imagination Institute organized the Human Forum conference for the Alliance for a New Humanity in Guatemala.
 * In 2008, the Mythic Imagination Institute offered a one-year certificate program in Applied Mythology, in partnership with the New York Open Center.
 * In 2009, Imaginal Cells Filmworks in partnership with Mythic Imagination Instituted premiered the documentary film "Mythic Journeys", based on interviews conducted at the 2006 Mythic Journeys conference.

The Mythic Imagination Institute's official website features an online, quarterly magazine titled "Mythic Passages", which includes contributions from renowned scholars, artists, poets and performers.