Film essay
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heroines_journey3.pptThe Heroine's Journey
1. Separation from the feminine
2. Identification with the masculine
3. Road of Trials
4. Boon of success
5. Awakening to feelings of spiritual aridity
6. Initiation and descent to the realm of the goddess
7. Urge to reconnect with the feminine
8. Healing the mother/daughter split
9. Healing the wounded masculine
10. Sacred marriage
The Heroine’s Journey
- The journey inward
- Self discovery
- Focus upon emotional transformation
- Finding balance in an unbalanced society
- The first six stages are led with the mind (intellectual journey)
- The last four stages are led with the heart/soul
1. Separation
Daughter sees her mother as vulnerable, self loathing or powerless
Cultural distortions of female body cause a disconnect
Daughter separates herself from perceived negativity
- She is cutting off key parts of herself which will need to be resolved later in the journey (loss of integrity or balance)
2. Identification with the masculine
- Connection with father figure and outward forms of power
- Masculine role seems heroic and free
- Father affirms a young girl’s sense of self
3. Road of trials
- The journey towards adulthood and overcoming many myths:
- Dependency
- Inferiority
- Contentment through the affirmation of others
4. Boon of success
- Focus on product instead of process.
- Struggle to achieve which can become an addiction.
- One is never satisfied
5. Awakening
- Spiritual aridity
- Feeling out of synch with one’s self.
- The river of creativity has dried up
- Painful stage that causes one to transform.
- Beginning to look “down and in” rather than “up and out”
6. Initiation and Descent
- Moving into a different state of being.
- Feeling of sadness, undirected.
- This descent has a task to recover the discarded parts of one’s self that were originally lost.
- Often looked at as depression but this descent is necessary as a “call of the soul”.
- Creating oneself anew and undertaking these challenges.
7. Urge to reconnect with the feminine
- Listening to one’s intuition.
- Returning to the sense of self that was there before a focus on achievement.
8. Healing the mother/daughter split
- Looking at one’s ability to express feelings.
- Grief comes from a recognition of the loss.
- Accepting who the mother was and identifying with her place in her time.
- Sense of compassion.
- A need to learn about “being” instead of “doing”.
9. Healing the wounded masculine
- Identifying what denies your limits.
- What is the driver in oneself that causes loss?
Then…
- Find the positive aspects of masculine nature (protecting oneself, taking action, developing an internal man with heart, developing compassion for oneself).
- Growing an internal, supportive father.
- Developing a benevolent, loving aspect of one’s masculinity.
10. Sacred marriage
- Integration of masculine and feminine.
- Finding balance between masculine and feminine.
- Integrating all aspects of one’s nature.
