About John

John Bucher is a mythologist and story expert who has been featured on the BBC, the History Channel, in the LA Times, and on numerous other international outlets . He serves as Executive Director for the Joseph Campbell Foundation and is a writer, podcaster, storyteller, and speaker. He has worked with government and cultural leaders around the world as well as organizations such as HBO, DC Comics, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, A24 Films, Atlas Obscura, and The John Maxwell Leadership Foundation. He has served as a producer, consultant, and writer for numerous film, television, and Virtual Reality projects. He is the author of six books including the best-selling Storytelling for Virtual Reality, named by BookAuthority as one of the best storytelling books of all time. John has worked with New York Times Best Selling authors, YouTube influencers, Eisner winners, Emmy winners, Academy Award nominees, magicians, and cast members from Saturday Night Live. He holds a PhD in Mythology & Depth Psychology and has spoken on 6 continents about using the power of story and myth to reframe how individuals, organizations, cultures, and nations believe and behave.

We Need A New Story

Our old stories are not working anymore. We need a new story. We need a better story.

  • STORYTELLING FOR VIRTUAL REALITY

    Storytelling For Virtual Reality focuses on the narrative, rather than the technical, demonstrating how stories can best be structured, created, and then told in virtual immersive spaces.

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  • STORYTELLING BY THE NUMBERS

    Storytelling By The Numbers is a collection of essays meant to strengthen storytellers and scriptwriters. Writers from any genre, working with any type of narrative can find wisdom for their own ideas.

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  • MASTER OF THE CINEMATIC UNIVERSE

    Master of the Cinematic Universe is a guide to trans-media, serving as a resource for using the timeless truths of story to craft narratives for short-form media formats.

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  • THE STORYTELLING ALMANAC

    The Storytelling Almanac is a tool that will improve your skills as a story creator. Regardless of the industry you work in, the mediums you employ, or the audience you create for, this book will help you understand the psychology beneath the differing elements of story.

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  • A NEW GNOSIS

    Infirm Relatives and Boy Kings: The Green Man Archetype in Alan Moore’s The Saga of The Swamp Thing is a piece that John contributed to the volume, A New Gnosis: Comic Books, Comparative Mythology, and Depth Psychology, from Palgrave Macmillan.

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Mythic finds for mythic times with Venus, Juno, Paris, and so many other friends at the @gettymuseum
Such a pleasure to share the virtual stage today with Eddie Gamarra and @b.earlwriter to talk myth and storytelling with the good folks over at @nickelodeon
I’m so excited to finally be able to invite you to join me for the 2024 solar eclipse at @atlasobscura’s Ecliptic Festival April 5-8 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The weekend will be a celebration of the 2024 total eclipse at the 20th annual
Mythic images of Mary Magdalene, John Donne, and the mystic labyrinth at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.
Winter Holdiay delights with labyrinths, storytelling, and sharing moonlit myths at @esalen
More info coming soon on how you can come join me for this incredible event. It’s going to be seriously special.
Witnessing the rituals of @amplifiedhistory last night was a powerful and surreal experience. Mythically and historically accurate rituals and songs are rare in our world and thanks to @joshthatisjosh I was initiated into the depths of what does exi
Come join me for this one day event with @atlasobscura — Link in bio! #atlasobscura #mythology #winter #storytelling
Last week I got to experience the delight and wonder of the new @meow__wolf experience in Texas. So mythical and beyond mystical. #meowwolf #storytelling #mythology #mythologyart

Some of the podcasts John Bucher has appeared on

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