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Whats your favorite movie?
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Whats your favorite movie?
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Whats your favorite movie?

• Lord of the Rings

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Whats your favorite movie?
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Whats your favorite movie?
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The Archetypal Hero

• What Do Luke Skywalker, Simba, and Moses all have
  in common?
• March 24, 2013
• Chris Chow, with thanks to Bryan Davis

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Jung and Campbell

• Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell developed the idea
  of the archetype
• Archetype A recurring pattern of images,
  situations, or symbols found in the mythology,
  religion, art, and dreams of cultures around the
  world

Carl Jung
Joseph Campbell
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Archetypal Hero Traits

1. Unusual Circumstances of Birth
2. Leaves Family and Lives With Others
3. Traumatic Event Leads to Quest
4. Special Weapon
5. Supernatural Help
6. Proves Himself on Quest
7. Journey and Unhealable Wound
8. Atonement With Father
9. Spiritual Apotheosis

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1. Unusual Birth

• Often in danger at birth or born into royalty
• -Luke w/ aunt and uncle
• Simba born a prince
• Moses put in basket

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2. Leaves Family

• Raised away from his people/home
• Luke w/ aunt and uncle
• Simba w/ Timon and Pumbaa
• Moses flees Egypt

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3. Traumatic Event

• A heros life is changed forever
• Lukes aunt and uncles death
• Simba fights Nala
• Yahweh appears to Moses

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4. Special Weapon

• Only the hero can wield his weapon
• Lukes light saber
• Moses staff
• Simbas ... cuteness or friends?

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5. Supernatural Help

• Hero often has spiritual guidance
• Luke is helped by Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Simba sees Mufasa in the sky and has Rafiki to
  help him
• Yahweh guides Moses

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6. Proves Himself

• Hero performs feats while on Quest
• Luke blows up Death Star, leads rebellion
• - Simba returns to fight Scar
• Moses perform miracles and leads His people out

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7. The Journey the Unhealable Wound

• Hero descends into a hell-like area and suffers
  wounding from encounter w/ evil
• Symbolically goes where normal humans cant and
  finds truth about self

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8. Atonement With Father

• Hero either redeems fathers evil deeds or
  reconciles with father over wrongs done by the
  hero

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9. Apotheosis

• Hero is rewarded spiritually at the end of his
  life

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Why does this Archetype matter?
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Worksheet
Hero?   Jesus Biblical Character Your favorite movie Your Life
1. Unusual circumstances of birth        
2.Leaves family and lives with others          
3. Traumatic Event Leads to Quest          
  4. Special Weapon          
5. Supernatural Help            
6. Proves himself/herself          
7. Journey and unhealable wound          
8. Atonement with Father          
9. Spiritual Apo-theosis (elevation to divine status)        
  BONUS LEVEL EXTRA CREDIT FOR FUN  
Wise Old Man (Spiritual Guide)        
The Enemy        
Threshold Guardian        
The Shape-Shifter        
The Trickster        
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Jesus, the Ultimate Hero- Birth

• Born of royalty (Son of King David/Son of God)
  Matt. 11-17, Luke 323-38
• Unusual Birth (Virgin birth prophesied, conceived
  by the Holy Spirit) Matt. 120, 23
• Danger at Birth (Herod tried to kill Him)
• Matt. 216

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Jesus, the Ultimate Hero-Leaves Family

• Left heaven
• Left Israel for Egypt until danger passed Matt.
  213-14

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Jesus, the Ultimate Hero-Traumatic Event

• Adams sin begins the adventure

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Jesus, the Ultimate Hero-Special Weapon

• Knows the Word and hearts heals

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Jesus, the Ultimate Hero-Supernatural Help

• Holy Spirit, Angels, the Father

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Jesus, the Ultimate Hero- Proves Himself

• Healings, Miracles, Refutes Scholars

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Jesus, the Ultimate Hero-the Journey and the
Unhealable Wound

• Misunderstanding, Betrayal, Murdered with Nails
  in hands and feet

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Jesus, the Ultimate Hero-Atonement with the
Father

• Defeats evil and the consequences of sin. Brings
  atonement to mankind and saves them.

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Jesus, the Ultimate Hero-Apotheosis
Jesus rises from the dead and ascends back to
Heaven, his throne
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Evaluate a Biblical character

• Pick one Abraham, Joshua, Samson, Ruth, Samuel,
  David, Esther, Daniel, Jonah, or another of your
  choice and write down what you see.

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Your Favorite movie

• Do the same for your favorite movie
• Mulan, Transformers (Optimus Prime), Superman,
  Batman, Hercules, Percy Jackson, Odysseus,
  Aeneas, Shrek, Kung-fu Panda, Matrix, Achilles,
  Spider-man, Cars, Finding Nemo, Madagascar, Happy
  Feet, Lord of the Rings, etc.

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Rise of the Guardians

• 1. Unusual circumstances of birth

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ROTG 2. Leaves Family
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ROTG 3. Traumatic Event Leads to Quest

• Taken by Yeti, summoned as guardian

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ROTG 4. Special Weapon
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ROTG 5. Supernatural Help

• Plus Man on the Moon

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ROTG 6. Proves himself on Quest

• Gets the children to believe in Jack and defeat
  their fears of the boogeyman

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ROTG 7. The Journey and the Unhealable wound

• Died, cannot become human again

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ROTG 8. Atonement
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ROTG 9. Spiritual Apotheosis
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Your Favorite movie
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Your life

• ?

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Your life

• 1. Born into royalty/usual circumstances of birth

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Your life

• 2. Leaves family and lives with others

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Your Life

• 3. Traumatic event that leads to quest

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Your Life

• 4. Special weapon

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Your Life

• 5. Supernatural help

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Your Life

• 6. Proved yourself

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Your Life

• 7. Journey and the unhealable wound

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Your Life

• 8. Atonement with father/Father

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Your Life

• 9. Spiritual Apotheosis becoming like God
• -But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in
  a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being
  transformed into the same image from glory to
  glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2
  Corinthians
• -For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then
  face to face. Now I know in part, but then I
  shall know just as I also am known. 1
  Corinthians 1312

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Your Quest
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Jesus,The Ultimate Hero Archetype

• March 24, 2013
• Chris Chow, M.D.