NOTE: You are welcome to link to this article, but it is copyrighted. Do not copy or repost it. If you would like a PDF copy to use in your class or work, please contact me. In an interview with New Dimensions Radio, psychologist Carol Pearson says we need to navigate our journeys with “soft […]
After climbing Kilimanjaro…I was forced to redefine myself. Climbing the mountain was the hardest thing I had ever done, physically, in my life, but I had done it. (Adapted from The Hero’s Journey: The Path of Transformation. Copyright Ⓒ by 2016 by Reg Harris. All rights reserved.) In his wonderful book Travels (1988), author and […]
In this 2014 interview with Oprah Winfrey, author Elizabeth Gilbert offers interesting insights into threshold resistance,… Read More Hakomi therapy gives us valuable insights into the healing power of the Hero’s Journey and offers… Read More Zen Buddhists have a saying: “The finger that points at the moon is not the moon.”… Read More The […]
NOTE: You are welcome to link to this article, but do not copy or repost it. If you would like a PDF copy to use in your class or work, please contact me. To become who we can be, we must first become who we are. One of great the paradoxes of the hero’s journey […]
We don’t “take” journeys. We “unfold” them, organically, as a dialogue with our world. The questions I am most often asked in regard to the Hero’s Journey relate to recognizing the Call and knowing that we are on the “right” journey. These are difficult questions to answer because we need to consider so many factors: […]
Campbell's Monomyth: The Quest for the Mythic Hero
Campbell’s Monomyth: The Quest for the Mythic Hero Campbell’s Monomyth: The Quest for the Mythic Hero offers a concise, but thorough examination of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth, its symbolism and its themes. Campbell explored the monomyth, known more commonly as the Hero’s Journey, in his 400-page book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949). Despite it’s […]