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Awakening The Heroes Within

12 Archetypes to Help Us Find Ourselves and Transform Our World

Part One:  The Dance of Ego, Self, and Soul

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1. The Stages of the Journey

• The Ego, Soul, and Self (preparation, journey, and return)
• Psychology mostly concerned with Ego and nothing else
• Transpersonal Psychology looks at Self and Soul but often shadows Ego
• Archetypal Psychology includes all three
• Take the journey to find yourself; 12 archetypes in this book help in developing
• Ego: Innocent, Orphan, Warrior, Caregiver
• Soul:  Seeker, Destroyer, Lover, Creator
• Self:  Ruler, Magician, Sage, Fool

2. The Ego: Protecting the Inner Child

• Individuation includes all three; Ego, Soul, and Self
• Ego is crucial prior to taking the Journey(s)
• Innocent/Orphan – Child (Judge well/helpers from tempters)
• Warrior/Caregiver – Parent (courage/compassion)
• The Ego becomes the container for the Soul (Warning: Ego must be strong)

3. The Soul: Entering the Mysteries

• Soul (psyche?) collective unconscious… archetypes emerge from here…
• Sense of intimacy with other(s); Ego establishes boundaries
• Initiation through Soul language (symbolism, myth, …)
• Right-brain; metaphors and paradox
• Seeker, Destroyer, Lover, Creator

4. The Self: Expressing Ourselves in the World

-After the journey, the treasure is used to transform through the “new ordering principle”
-Must let go of outdated perceptions and ideas of our identities and processes
-Our never-ending journeys should not be linear or flat, they should reflect a spiral… ascending towards the divine. No journeys constitute stagnation; the Hero of each journey returns to replace the old Ruler (renewal/change, birth/death/rebirth)
-The Quest– of initiation, death, eros, and birth ***must make the experience conscious; available to self and others… must accept and use this new knowledge (take action), when this occurs we are ending that journey…
–The Grail; the chalice (feminine), filled with spirit (masculine) represents the sexual union… not on the physical plane but the psychological
-The groin represents fertility, if there is injury it represents things are not being created…
-The King’s marrage to his Kingdom; when he is injured , it is normally groin related and represents our marage to our kingdom within boundaries…
-Creation is impossible without destroying (letting go) of previous… consciousness through eros provides for a different type of conscousness, not only mental knowing… the biblical meaning of “to know” is to have intercourse… using our suffering/transformation in similar manner to intercourse… make this experience conscious and emerge reborn
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5. Beyond Heroism: The Dance

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Part Two:  Preparation for the Journey 

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6.  The Innocent

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7.  The Orphan

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8.  The Warrior 

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9.  The Caregiver 

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Part Three:  The Journey – Becoming Real 

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10.  The Seeker 

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11.  The Destroyer 

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12.  The Lover 

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13.  The Creator 

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Part Four:  The Return – Becoming Free 

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14.  The Ruler 

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15.  The Magician 

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16.  The Sage 

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17.  The Fool 

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Part Five:  Honoring Diversity – Transforming Your World 

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18.  From Duality to Wholeness – A Life Stage Model 

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19.  Gender and Human Development over the Life Span 

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20.  Gender, Diversity, and Transformation of Culture 

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21.  Claiming Your Life Myth

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