The Hero

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The Heros Journey
The Separation Initiation and Transformation The
Return
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Separation

• The Call
• Invites us into the adventure
• May be a sudden traumatic change
• May be a vague sense of discontent.

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The Call

• Can take many forms
• Something is taken from us
• Something is lacking in life
• Desire to restore honor
• To win rights for our people

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The Threshold
When called to adventure, we must cross the
Threshold.
The Threshold is the jumping off point
The gateway to the unknown
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Threshold Guardians
People, beings or situations that block passage
They have two functions

• Protect us from journeys we are unready for
• Pointing the way

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Helpers
At the threshold, we will encounter
helpers. Often they bring a talisman to help us
through the ordeal. The most important of these
helpers is the mentor. Helpers and guides appear
throughout the journey
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The Initiation

• The Challenges
• The Abyss
• The Transformation and Revelation
• The Atonement

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The Challenges

• Once past the Threshold, we begin the journey
  into the unknown.
• The journey can be outward into a physical
  unknown.
• The journey can be inward to a psychological
  unknown.

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Tempters
Tempters try to pull us away from our path. They
may pretend to be a friend or helper. They use
fear, doubt or distraction.
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The Abyss
The Abyss represents the greatest challenge in
the journey. In the Abyss the hero faces his
greatest fear, and must face it alone.
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The Abyss cont.
Here the hero must slay the dragon, which often
takes the shape of something he dreads, or has
repressed, or needs to resolve.
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Transformation
As the hero conquers the Abyss, his
transformation is complete. Like the Phoenix, a
part of the hero must die so that a new part can
be reborn. Fear must die to make way for courage,
Ignorance for enlightenment, dependency for
independence
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The Revelation
Part of the Transformation is a Revelation, a
sudden, dramatic change in the way the hero
thinks or views life. This change makes him truly
a different person.
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The Atonement
After the Transformation the hero achieves
Atonement, that is he is at one with his new
self.
The hero has incorporated the changes caused by
the Journey and is reborn
The Om the Hindu symbol of oneness
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The Return
After Transformation and Atonement, the hero
faces the final stage of his journey The Return
to everyday life.

• Upon the return, the hero discovers his gift
• Become richer and stronger
• Become a great leader
• Become spiritually enlightened.

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Review

• The Separation
• The Call
• The Threshold
• Threshold Guardians
• Helpers and mentors

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Review Cont.

• The Initiation
• The Challenges
• The Abyss
• The Transformation
• The Revelation
• The Atonement

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Review Continued
The Return
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