The Hero’s Journey

While reading my blogs, I came across a post about Spiderman 3 & The Hero’s Journey. Alvin Soon reveals how the Spiderman story, as well as Lord Of The Rings, are perfect examples of The Hero’s Journey.

The Journey is a 9-point recognition of the challenges and rewards of hearing a call to change, and the major steps required to effect the change and reap the rewards of following the call. It called to me, because I feel that I have started the same journey in my own life. I’ve heard and recognized the call, and I’ve begun to act upon it.

These articles and subsequent eBook version have gotten their inspiration from Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces, a book that studies myths and legends and realizes a common theme throughout them all. Soon has taken this and written an easy-to-read, concise, and informative series of articles that can help you realize and map your progress through your own experiences.

Having read the eBook, I realized I’ve been through this very journey at least once before, and I am currently doing so again. I’m currently between points 3 and 4, and step 4 (Crossing the Threshold) of the journey is quite difficult to pass through. I’ve found a couple of mentors, and I have been able to define what I’d like to do. Now I’ve begun to hit my first challenges to this, and I have to find a way to surpass them.