Hvis du nogensinde har undret dig over, hvad Hero’s journey er, så prøver jeg at forklare det her. Det er den første af to film, hvor jeg gennemgår de 12 punkter i Hero’s journey-skabelonen.
I forbindelse med arbejdet på min næste bog “Det gode plot” hygger
jeg mig med Joseph Campbells “The Hero with a thousand faces”. Campbell
er ret vild med psykoanalyse og drømmetydning, fordi det arbejde bygger
på de samme arketypiske elementer, som han bruger i sin ‘monomyth’. Her
er Campbells meget begejstrede beskrivelse af psykoanalytikerens
funktion:
“The dangerous crises of self-development are permitted to come to pass under the protecting eye of an experienced initiate
in the lore and language of dreams, who then enacts the role and
character of the ancient mystagogue, or guide of souls, the initiating
medicine man of the primitive forest sanctuaries of trial and
initiation. The doctor is the modern master of the mythological realm,
the knower of all the secret ways and words of potency. His role is
precisely that of the Wise Old Man of the myths and fairytales whose
words assist the hero through the trials and errors of the weird
adventure.”