1. When you see a circle, what does it symbolize to you?

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1. When you see a circle, what does it symbolize
to you?
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Tibetan Mandela
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Navajo Mandela
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Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

• Theory of the Collective Unconscious
• Every child is born hard wired with certain
  images which are shared by all members of the
  human species.
• Remember, this is just one persons theory. You
  do not need to believe it just know what it is.

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Archetypes

• Archetypes are images or patterns shared by all
  people of all times.
• Archetypes are expressed in myths, stories,
  dreams, rituals, paintings, etc.

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Examples of Archetypes

• River
• Journey of Life
• Mountain
• Home of the Gods
• Snake
• Powerful animal for good or bad
• Crossroads
• Time or place of decision

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Archetypal Characters

• Mother Goddess
• Trickster
• Outcast
• Hero
• Martyr who sacrifices herself for society

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Hero Quest Archetype

• Every culture has myths or stories about a hero
  who goes on a quest to find something valuable.

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Archetypal Quest The journey in search of
something of value

• Call to Adventure
• Road of Trials
• Help Along the Way
• Temptation to give up the quest.
• Hero Returns with knowledge for society or
  himself, or destroys evil.

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Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

• When we listen with aloof amusement to the
  dreamlike mumbo jumbo of some red-eyed Congo
  witch doctor or read with rapture from the
  sonnets of the mystic Lao-tse or catch suddenly
  the shining meaning of a bizarre Eskimo fairy
  tale it will be always the one, shapeshifting
  yet marvelously constant story . . .

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• Why do you think every culture has an archetypal
  quest myth?

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Movie Monomyths

• Think of a movie that has the structure of a
  monomyth. (Many movies with modern settings are
  hero quests!)
• Make a poster of your movie, listing the steps of
  the hero quest.
• Decorate your poster with illustrations.
• Present the poster to the class.