This is not the story of a common hero or an ordinary heroine, this is our story!
In The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell illustrates the 17 stages of the hero's journey, a trace hidden in the weave of history and always present: the hero, the heroine and their stories change, but the moments that mark the rhythm of their journey remain unchanged.
If it is true that life is an adventure and we are the protagonist of our story then what does our hero's journey look like?
Here I am retracing these 17 stages by reflecting on our daily lives. A light reflection to pique our curiosity.
Recent Episodes
The call to adventure always invites us to embark on a new, unexplored path. A path that, although it can sometimes be beautiful, is still an unknown path. So we doubt and refuse to set off. We begin to be afraid. The rejection of the call is the first test we, as heroes of our adventure, must...
Published 11/21/23
What if we were the hero of our own adventure? The heroine of our own story? It is rare that we have stopped to look at our own stories as adventures as engaging as the stories we hear. Our hero's journey begins with a call: “The call to adventure.” In an age where we all have mobile phones, we...
Published 11/14/23