The Heros Journey

The Heros Journey

1. The Call

2. Pattern of all human experience and is expressed in all literature and film

3. Similar to the Rite of Passage, the Heros Journey involves a Separation, Transformation and Return

4. Usually the Heros Journey follows a standard sequence.

5. Realization of imbalance, call to adventure. May accept of deny.

6. Rejecting the call will not make it go away.

7. The Threshold

8. Jumping off point, known to unknown

9. Threshold Guardians - try to keep initiate from the adventure - to pass the guardian is to make a comitment

10. Helpers - provide assistance in direction - the Mentor is the most important helper. Helpers may appear through the journey.

11. The mentor keeps the initiate focused and gives stability

12. Challenges and Temptations

13. Physical or mental unknown, deeper the unknown the more danger the initiate faces

14. Challenges grow in difficulty, forcing change and growth

15. Strikes the initiates greatest weakness or fear, this must be faced before the journey ends

16. Abyss

17. The greatest challenge, the initiate overcomes their greatest fear alone.

18. "Slay the Dragon" Often takes the shape of something dreaded that needs resolving

19. Transformation

20. Change in behaviour since the beginning

21. FINAL STEP OF DEATH AND REBIRTH: Fear must die for courage, ignorance must die for enlightenment and dependancy must die for inependance

22. Similar to the Rite of Passage

23. Revelation

24. A sudden and dramatic change in the way of thinking

25. Often during abyss but may lead to the abyss

26. The Atonment

27. The initiate is at one with their new self, in harmony with the world and their life

28. Imbalance is corrected until next call

29. Receives of becomes aware of new gift

30. Return

31. The initiates return to everyday life, now contributes to the society

32. May return and be rejected. Runs the risk of loosing their new understanding. May start to feel disillusioned and leave the society.

33. ITS A MAP

34. A result of ancient mythology and is still with us today.

35. The basis of most fictional stories,

36. a reflection of real life