Finding JoeJoseph Campbell

• Mythology expert• Philosopher

• Native american mythology• Aboriginal cultures• Greek mythology: Arthurian legend• Philosophies• Mythic stories• Movies• Novels• Romances• Religion

Once upon a time…The Hero with a Thousand Faces - 1949

What is the Hero’s Journey?

The greatest crisis in which you find your true self

• Heroes• Villains• Gods• Goddesses• Fantastic

creatures

• Star Wars• The Matrix• Harry Potter• Wizard of Oz• Alice in Wonderland• Batman Begins• The Lord of the Rings• Superman• Iron Man

It’s time for you to do that !

Mythology = metaphor for human existence

a call to adventure

We are all golden Buddhas!

• High• Knowing• Connected to our

bliss• Knowing truth• Knowing everything

that every great spiritual master has ever said

• Injury• Divorce• Financial setbacks• Governmental change

Why isn’t it that everybody is living it?

• Trance of comfort• Trance of not sticking your hand up above the crowd very much

• “I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive”

• “The universe will open doors where there were only walls”• “The function of mythological symbols is to give you a sense of Aha! Yes. I know

what it is, it’s myself”• “We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that

is waiting for us”• “Follow your bliss”• “Opportunities to find deeper power within ourselves come when life seems most

challenging”• “It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you

stumble, there lies your treasure.”• “Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself”

Joseph Campbell

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