The Adventure of the Hero/Heroine --
A Story of Personal Development
according to Joseph Campbell’s _Hero with a Thousand Faces_, a hero/heroine typically:
1) has curiosity, the desire to explore, go off the beaten track.
A) may lose something (due to a blunder, accident), have to search for it, enter relationships in the process.
B) may get lost.
2) crosses a body of water
(symbolic dissolution and reformation of self, transformation).
3) enters a “no-man’s land”.
region of the unknown (desert, jungle, deep sea, alien land).
comes upon things which are typical symbols of "the call to adventure" --
A) a dark forest,
B) a great tree,
C) water in stream/brook/well/spring,
C) water in stream/brook/well/spring,
D) a lowly underestimated creature.
4) demons, ogres, etc -- dangerous, and also bestowers of magic powers -- may be encountered by anyone who steps an inch outside the walls of his/her tradition.
5)
A) if he/she accepts the call to adventure -- a protective figure may appear.
B) if he/she rejects the call to adventure -- (due to ego, desire to hold onto current position and power, fixations on the past, fear), he/she
B) if he/she rejects the call to adventure -- (due to ego, desire to hold onto current position and power, fixations on the past, fear), he/she
i) might fall asleep.
ii) might not be transformed, might not be able to enter next stage of life.
6) meets a guide, teacher, priest, guru, initiator (little man of the wood, in some folktales), who may give advice and/or gifts that may be useful later.
ii) might not be transformed, might not be able to enter next stage of life.
6) meets a guide, teacher, priest, guru, initiator (little man of the wood, in some folktales), who may give advice and/or gifts that may be useful later.
7) comes to a guardian of the threshold, gate, beyond which is the “sacred zone of the universal source” (p. 81) --
A) fountain of youth,
B) pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
C) (any suggestions?)
later chapters discuss
A) characters who help and hinder the hero/heroine,
B) winning the treasure/battle/etc,
C) the return to the community.
the above-mentioned characters, episodes, and symbols may apppear
the above-mentioned characters, episodes, and symbols may apppear
A) in myths, epics, legends, folktales.
B) in one’s dreams (one’s personal unconscious, the collective unconscious).
types of journeys --
A) journey to other lands.
B) journey into one’s unconscious, one’s dreams (“we have two minds”) (fantastic beings may represent aspects of one’s self, one's wishes, fears, etc).
C) journey into the internet/cyberspace.
B) in one’s dreams (one’s personal unconscious, the collective unconscious).
types of journeys --
A) journey to other lands.
B) journey into one’s unconscious, one’s dreams (“we have two minds”) (fantastic beings may represent aspects of one’s self, one's wishes, fears, etc).
C) journey into the internet/cyberspace.
D) (any suggestions?)
please post any comments and questions.
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