The stories of gods or heroes descending into the underworld, threading through labyrinths. and fighting with monsters, brought to light the mysterious workings of the psyche, showing people how to cope with their own interior crises.*
Karen Armstrong
Mythological images are the images by which consciousness is put in touch with the unconscious. That’s what they are. When you don’t have your mythological images, or when your consciousness rejects them for some reason or other, you are out of touch with your own deepest part.**
Joseph Campbell
If I were to tell you my myth,
It may first appear as a chronicle
of what has happened to me and
my understanding and response to
the life events I now call home.
My hope is that it might also appear as
my modus operandi, the way
I will continue to journey—
Energy for exploration and transformation,
a strategy for regeneration and creativity.
(How do the stories you tell yourself allow you to create both a centring and an adventure?)
*Karen Armstrong’s A Short History of Myth;
**Joseph Campbell’s Pathways to Bliss.
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