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We have not even to risk the adventure alone, for the heroes of all time have gone before us — the labyrinth is thoroughly known. We have only to follow the thread of the hero path, and where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence. And where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world.
Joseph Campbell - The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949)
This is one of my favourite Joseph Campbell quotes of all time. It also kicks off The Power of Myth, if I remember rightly, but I could be wrong. I always come back full circle to Joseph Campbell in the end.
(Source: en.wikiquote.org)
Posted on September 21, 2010 with 19 notes
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We’re in a freefall into future. We don’t know where we’re going. Things are changing so fast, and always when you’re going through a long tunnel, anxiety comes along. And all you have to do to transform your hell into a paradise is to turn your fall into a voluntary act. It’s a very interesting shift of perspective and that’s all it is… joyful participation in the sorrows and everything changes.
Posted on September 21, 2010 with 33 notes
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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
Posted on September 21, 2010
Writer, wilderness rites of passage guide, storyteller, lurcher-walker, forest-roamer, stargazer, bread-baker, poem-speaker and life-lover. Also grows potatoes.
