"Hero, which is gender-neutral, has Greek origin in Hera, wife of Zeus, in her role as protector." Jesse Jennings.
I am re-watching Joseph Campbell's Power of Myth videos. The hero's journey is a common myth, and one that I think both we, and the person for whom we provide care, can take. In this journey the person moves from birth to death, or spiritual unconsciousness to consciousness. The steps are universal, hence their existence in a myth. In the following days we will look at the components of a hero's journey as applied to living with a terminal illness.
Hmmm. A good interpretation is Kal Bashir's 510 stage Hero's Journey ( http://www.clickok.co.uk/index4.html ); he talks about not just physical movement but also psychological movement, which is of course what really applies to growth and transformation.
ReplyDeleteI think in many ways caregivers abide by many definitions of the word "hero". Agreed!
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