Well written, I could not have written any better. I am a Joseph Campbell student myself. I appreciated him so much, I cry when I write this comment for his teaching. I shared your post with my vegan spiritual friends on Facebook, hope this inspire them. There is another blogger who gone into details of The Hero’s Journey, http://revolutionmagik.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/the-heros-journey/. Hope you enjoy it. I am going through a very big test right at this moment.

With love,

Haochi

I actually misremembered it as something from Carl Jung but George Lucas of Star Wars actually credits Campbell for the tale of Luke Skywalker. There’s a point-by-point comparison of Campbell’s “Heroes With A Thousand Faces” and Star Wars plot: http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~sparks/sffilm/mmswtab.html

Coincidentally, my most recent blog post (which is not all that recent: late last year) was about overcoming fear but it’s nowhere near as insightful and thoughtful as your post.

Keep sharing, Donna! Loving what you’re doing.