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The Stages of the Journey

The Stages of the Journey. What is it? What are its stages? How does this fit with the literature we’re reading ?. Stage One: Innocence. Hero… Is one with world Believes he/ she is center of universe Feels no separation or division from others Suffers and/ or experiences evil minimally

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The Stages of the Journey

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  1. The Stages of the Journey What is it? What are its stages? How does this fit with the literature we’re reading?

  2. Stage One: Innocence Hero… • Is one with world • Believes he/ she is center of universe • Feels no separation or division from others • Suffers and/ or experiences evil minimally • Has no experience with death and does not understand it • Is happy

  3. Stage Two: InitiationIn this stage, innocence is lost in a variety of ways… • Death: • Most common way innocence lost. • Character realizes others can die and so can he/ she. • No longer center of the universe; not even consequential. 2. Awareness of evil: • Success of evil makes character realize world no longer just and evil not always punished. • “What good comes from good behavior?” he/ she wonders.

  4. Intimate awakening: • Intimacy given, but later revoked by a person who had provided comfort. • Sexuality creates desire that creates frustration in character • Rejection makes him/ her wary and diminishes self-confidence **Result of all initiation experiences? Future looks chaotic, dangerous, illogical…

  5. Stage Three: Chaos • Character feels denial or nostalgia for lost innocence. • He/ she either retreats back to innocence OR • Character gains wisdom of nature of good v. evil with which to confront future. • Challenge of character’s life? Move beyond initiatory experience and despite a belief that future only holds more suffering.

  6. Stage Four: Resolution • This is where real heroes are made! They move on not in spite of realization of death or unrequited love, but because of it. • Hero has wisdom of experience and a fuller, wider vision of world.

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