Departure – Call to Adventure
A point in a person’s life when they become aware that life is going to change.
Refusal
Often when the call is given it is refused – due to a sense of duty, obligation, fear, insecurity, … .
Supernatural Aid
Once committed to the quest the hero”s guides (magical helper) appear to assist.
Crossing the Threshold
The actual crossing into the field of adventure, leaving the known and venturing into an unknown.
Belly of the Whale
The final separation between the old world/self and the new. This is the point of transition – a metamorphosis.
Initiation
The traveler experiences trials, tests, tasks and ordeals that begins his/her transformation.
Meeting with the Goddess
Here love that has power and significance, unconditional is experienced. It is the union of opposites – the experiencing of a non-dualistic reality.
The Temptation
Distractions that may lead the hero to abandon the quest – a metaphor for the physical/material diversions of life.
Atonement
Here the person must confront and be initiated by whatever holds the ultimate power in his or her life, (the center point of the journey). – For the transformation to take place, the old identity must be left behind so that the new self can come into being.
Apotheosis
To move beyond duality to a state of divine knowledge, compassion, bliss and fulfillment.
Ultimate Boon
Achieving the quest – all the previous steps served to prepare for this step.
Return
Returning back to normal life with all its concerns; yet retaining the wisdom gained on the quest and shares that wisdom, (usually difficult).
Mastery
The hero/heroin achieves a balance between the material and spiritual. The person has become comfortable and competent in both their inner and outer worlds.
Freedom
Mastery leads to freedom from the fear of death, which in turn is the freedom to live – the journey is complete.
from Joseph Campbell
I am a documentary and portrait photographer, specializing in a raw approach to shooting everything under the sun. Though I travel abroad often, I am currently based in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and am available for assignments throughout North America and beyond.
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