The Mythological Journey

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The Mythological Journey

• A reflection
• on a moment of change

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Mythological Journey

• A moment of change in your life
• Told in the first person point of view

• A moment of change in a literary characters life
• Told either in the 3rd person point of viewor in
  the 1st person (your retelling)

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Who experiences this change?

• All people experience this journey
• You may be on a journey right now
• Many journeys will occur during your lifetime
• The way in which you deal with your journey
  shapes you into who you are

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Stages of the Mythological Journey

• Innocence
• what you were like before the change
• Initiation
• the moment your life will change
• Chaos
• the difficulties you face when you are
• forced to change
• Resolution
• how your life beliefs change

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Stage 1 - Innocence

• Innocence is your belief system before a change
  occurs. It is what you believe in until
  something forces you to change your mind about
  your beliefs.
• Innocence usually involves these thoughts

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What does innocence look like?

• There is no evil in the world. All is good. If
  you do good deeds, no harm or evil will come to
  you or your loved ones

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What does innocence look like?

• People will be healthy and live forever

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What does innocence look like?

• Love is a wonderful experience that lasts
  forever and brings nothing but happiness

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What does innocence look like?

• You are the most important person and others
  will care about your well-being

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Stage 2 - Initiation

• Initiation occurs in a split second. It is that
  moment in time when you realize that what you had
  always believed to be a truth
• Is not so!

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A moment anything that causes a big difference
in your life, from an unexpected moveto the
death of someone
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Stage 3 - Chaos

• Your whole world is turned upside down. You now
  must struggle with what you formerly
  believed.and what new truth you may not wish to
  face.
• The following list highlights some of the
  feelings you may have during your stage of chaos

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What does chaos look like?

• Emotional upheaval, irritability or a
  withdrawal from others

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What does chaos look like?

• A constant desire to return to the belief of
  innocence
• denial in facing what you now know to be the
  truth

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What does chaos look like?

• Either a loss
• or
• increased
• appetite
• Engagement of negative behaviors or actions

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What does chaos look like?

• A battling back and forth..trying to return to
  innocence, but also trying to reach a new
  resolution.
• You have a desire to accept what has happened,
  but its really hard to reach that acceptance

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• Some never leave chaos.but if you do

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Resolution Stage 4

• If you finally accept the change
• and
• You have a new beliefyou will have reached
  resolution
• Your resolution can be positive.

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Resolution

• You recognize that death is a part of the
  cycle of life and sometimes a new life can help
  you move on

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Resolution

• Perhaps your relationship failed but you know
  realize you can meet someone else

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Resolution

• Perhaps the family has a new look, but it is a
  life change you can live with

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Sometimes you reach a negative resolution

• You may choose to lead your life in a way that
  will give you loneliness.
• angriness.
• uselessness
• But it is still a resolution

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Bring your journey to life!