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'Besides being inspiring, this visionary work, these pioneering interviews, can be listened
to over and over and over so that listeners can really take in and absorb the 'specifics' from the stories that they can
then apply to their own daily lives... to be the hero, to transform from 'me' thinking to 'we' thinking...'
What's the Hero's Journey all about?
It’s about people redeeming each other, getting
past their own barriers and isolation to live with passion again and to re-engage in life, hopefully in a more positive
way. When we fail to deal with our own personal shadow defects, planetary shadow issues escalate and we tend to get
the corrupt governments, corporations and fundamental religions we deserve. Setbacks create chaos. Chaos results when the world changes faster than people
are willing to change. I would say from what’s I have learned that the Hero knows however, that our most authentic
discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish, that this breeds life - adventure,
when order breeds habit - stagnation. We are in chaotic, destructive times thanks to earthquakes, fires, oil spills, hurricanes
and tornados, floods, climate change, wars, terrorist attacks and global economic collapse just to name the ones that are
making the headlines recently. Feelings of fear generated by increasing uncertainty of what might be next are a natural result.
With all the intensifying increasing chaos, unpredictability and navigation through the unknown, it is easy to lose our center
and perspective. According to ancient wisdoms, chaos was seen
as the divine way of creating an upheavel in order to break through patterns of denial that held a person emotionally or mentally
captive. I believe that chaos brings about necessary endings to ways of living that cease to serve the well-being of
humanity ie, old ego based patterns of fear, lack, greed and abuse of power.
Legendary Filmmaker, George Lucas worked with Campbell's Map of the Hero's Adventure, which he weaved
into his Star Wars films. Through film, Lucas became 'mentor' to several generations of seekers worldwide, albeit largely
on a very unconscious level.
With the Hero Series, Dr Susie Anthony is now bravely taking this great work one step further. Susie has
identified true modern day heroes from all walks of life and is guiding these extraordinary people as
to how to weave their own personal hero's journey story and experiences into Campbell's prescription for what she
terms 'conscious mythical living'.
An Endorsement
The Hero's Journey series with Dr Susie Anthony and
David Gibbons is a wonderful and inspiring exploration of the hero in all of us. Thanks to their great initiative we
can see how when someone - anyone - is willing to answer their highest calling that the Cosmos has an incredible way
of gifting us an amazing outer - and inner - journey to the wholeness of the universal heart. A journey that's unique to
everyone but is the mythic, universal path that is common to all spiritual quests.
Dr. Jude Currivan
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