Joseph Campbell, the guru of all myth studies (at least in my book), says, “…(the) most critical function of mythology is to foster the centering and unfolding of the individual in integrity, in accord with himself (the microcosm), his culture (the mesocosm), the universe (the macrocosm) and the awesome ultimate mystery which is both beyond and within himself and all things…”
Could we then say that a hero is created by the circumstances that a society finds itself in time and time over? A hero is not born but made? And what is it that holds us back from becoming one?
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