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Uncle Joe

(65,550 posts) Wed Jun 11, 2025, 02:08 PM Jun 2025

Joseph Campbell and the Myth of the Hero's Journey

In this video we explore the relationship between mythology and the unconscious, and look at the monomyth Joseph Campbell called the myth of the hero's journey.

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Joseph Campbell and the Myth of the Hero's Journey (Original Post) Uncle Joe Jun 2025 OP

I love Joseph Campbell's work! SheltieLover Jun 2025 #1

Thanks for posting nuxvomica Jun 2025 #2

SheltieLover

(81,740 posts)

1. I love Joseph Campbell's work!

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Wed Jun 11, 2025, 02:09 PM

Jun 2025

TY for sharing.

nuxvomica

(14,222 posts)

2. Thanks for posting

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Wed Jun 11, 2025, 03:43 PM

Jun 2025

I've developed a whole theory around this, which is: the hero's journey is a response to an instinctive impulse which myth and literature instructs us to follow because we have a choice whether to follow it. If we don't, we become like spoiled children, concerned only with our fears and appetites, seeking the bliss of innocence without first making the sacrifices to preserve that bliss for others. The hero's journey is a difficult path but the alternative is a life without meaning that causes harm to others.

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