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AWAKENING THE HEROES WITHIN
"The heroic quest is about saying 'yes' to yourself and in doing so doing, becoming more fully alive and more effective in the world…The quest is replete with dangers and pitfalls, but it offers great rewards: the capacity to be successful in the world, knowledge of the mysteries of the human soul, and the opportunity to find and express your unique gifts in the world".
In this bold and original work, Carol S. Pearson shows that the heroic quest isn't just for certain people under special circumstances. Exploring the many heroic paths available to each of us, at every point in our lives, her innovative program enables us to live heroically by activating and applying twelve archetypes in our lives.
This companion to the best-selling 'The Hero Within' outlines twelve archetypal patterns that can aid inner development and the quest for wholeness.
'These archetypes are inner guides that can help us:'
• prepare for the journey, by learning how to become successful members of society
• embark upon the quest, by becoming initiated into the mysteries of the human soul; and
• return to transform our lives as a result of claiming our uniqueness and personal power
Writing for individuals seeking to realise their full potential and professionals engaged in empowering others, Pearson shows how journeys differ by the age, gender, and cultural background of the seeker, and how archetypes help awaken the capacities of our psyches. A unique diagnostic test, the Heroic Myth Index, and exercises are included to help us understand and awaken our inner guides.
CAROL S. PEARSON, Ph.D., is president of Meristem, a nonprofit organisation offering training and consultation in professional development and personal growth. She is the author of 'The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By' and co-author of 'The Female Hero in American and British Literature' and 'Educating the Majority: Women Challenge Tradition in Higher Education'
The messages our culture gives us about the relative roles of Ego, Self, and Soul can be confusing and contradictory. Read the first page
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First, when it was recommended to me, I thought, oh no, another personality test book, full of clichés, but it's not! There is a questionnaire to determine what myths you live by, and it's not obvious, you don't get the feeling of being taken for a ride.
The author is not a cold psychologist, you can feel the witch doctor within! If you have liked The Celestine Prophecy or The Way of The Shaman, try Awakening the Heroes!
Whether you are young, in search of your identity, or in a midlife crisis, it can really help you in your quest. Are you an Orphan, a Warrior, a Lover, a Sage or one of the other eight archetypes? You also have exercises to develop your awareness and your strength.
A good investment!
Huber looks at, and explains the major archetypes which are found in reading of fairy tales and myths, and also at the inner meaning of the 'quest journey' which heroes in mythic tales engage in.
There have been many mythologists - foremost of course, Joseph Campbell, and Jung's work is deeply based on the collective unconscious, which fairy tales and myths reveal.
Carol Pearson takes this material, and uses it to offer tools for self-analysis, but it is much, much more than 'a personality test' or even 'self-help'
First, there is the realisation that we are all, constantly engaged on heroic quests - she untangles the stages of the heroic journey, and relates them well to everyday living. The 'self test' is really a tool to see where you are, at THIS point, and where you might gain understanding to help you move forwards.
I've had this book for some years, and re-read and re-use it from time to time.
One of the excellent approaches of this book is the 'shadow' work. Pearson groups the twelve archetypes into 6 pairs, which are mirror images or the other side of each other. She suggests, with each pair, that if you markedly are one aspect, the other aspect is 'shadow' - ideally there would be some sort of equal and opposite tension between the two.
As an example, Sage and Fool. The 'sage' is clearly seen by most as positive, wise, considered, dispassionate, assimilated. But what of the fool - the fool 'acts/speaks without thinking' - therefore has sponteneity, intuition. In literature, the fool was often the means by which truth could be told. There is also the idea of the 'Idiot Savant' Our 'fool' also has positive qualities. We may desire to develop our sage and deny our fool - or we may be only spontaneous and anarchic, and deny the measured and dispassionate consideration that is our sage.
If you are someone who has a predominantly right brain way of functioning, responding perhaps more to metaphor, imagery, this will probably be a favoured book and then some. It is poetic, entrancing and deeply engaging. I'm about to saddle my horse and set out on my next heroic journey. Pearson's book definitely one of my magical companion animals! (Read the Book!!)
Truly a life-changing book. You owe it to yourself to try it out.
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