Initiation Phase Exam

Question 1

What are the 2 types of heroes

Answer 1

Mythic and Cosmogonic

Question 2

Describe Mythic heroes

Answer 2

superhuman, rare, immortal
Ex: spiderman, less than 1% of all heroes

Question 3

Describe Cosmogonic heroes

Answer 3

human, flawed, every man or woman, everywhere, mortal, can be killed

Question 4

What are the 3 phases of the monomyth

Answer 4

departure, initiation, return

Question 5

Describe the departure phase

Answer 5

discomfort

Question 6

Describe the initiation phase

Answer 6

pain

Question 7

describe the return phase

Answer 7

change

Question 8

what is the first stage of the initiation phase

Answer 8

the road of trials

Question 9

what does trials mean

Answer 9

tests or challenges - hard, anxiety, discomfort, what am I doing here, dream like, painful

Question 10

what is every stage of imitation include

Answer 10

the road of trials, every stage is painful

Question 11

What is life on the road of trials like

Answer 11

you have to be willing to go through problems, time of suffering and loss

Question 12

Who does the hero receive advice, amulets, support, and friends from

Answer 12

the guide

Question 13

heat, trouble, pain

Answer 13

purification of the hero

Question 14

defeat, embarrassment, failure

Answer 14

cleansed and humbled hero

Question 15

What is the second stage of the initiation phase

Answer 15

the meeting with the goddess

Question 16

goddess

Answer 16

symbolic, one of the people to help you on your journey, Mary the mother of Jesus because she is pure and the best mother figure, good

Question 17

the goddess can create some difficulties because…

Answer 17

the hero can fall in love with them, distracting, but the goddess does not return the feelings, is there to help the hero

Question 18

What is the third stage of initiation

Answer 18

woman as the temptress

Question 19

woman as the temptress

Answer 19

temptation or distraction, shows up when hero is most vulnerable, offers the hero what they want, not what they need, opposite of the goddess, though it is temporary

Question 20

What is the fourth stage of initiation

Answer 20

atonement with the father

Question 21

atonement with the father

Answer 21

hero will have a confrontation with a tyrant of bully (father), bad guy dad who says no, in the way of the heroes freedom

Question 22

Jonathan Edwards

Answer 22

medieval priest, threatens with hell, yells, gives image of god when he is threatening,

Question 23

what happends when the hero confronts the father

Answer 23

finds out he is not as bad as he sounds, if you don’t five the tyrnat fear, he cannot control you.

Question 24

what are the two ways to get through the father

Answer 24

kill him or reach an understanding

Question 25

killing the father

Answer 25

mythic hero can kill the tyrant, cosmogonic hero cannot

Question 26

reach an understanding

Answer 26

through strength, approach them as an equal

Question 27

What is the fifth stage of initiation

Answer 27

apotheosis

Question 28

apotheosis

Answer 28

hero is under most stress, but everything goes fine, process is to keep your eye on the ball, outcome is focusing on what other people think and what you want to outcome to be (thinking too hard about it), if you focus on the process, you succeed, accusing part of you that comes from God, that is good at surviving or adapting to stressful situations

Question 29

What are the dual components of Apotheosis

Answer 29

focus on the fearlessness or subline calm and willing to mess up or fail, sacrifice self

Question 30

What is the sixth stage of initiation

Answer 30

the ultimate boon

Question 31

the ultimate boon

Answer 31

prize or reward, part of the reward the hero gets is the knowledge that they were able to complete the tasks all along, easier than they though it would be looking back on it, have to get through the hard stuff to believe you can do it, you own doubt, fear, insecurities make it harder

Question 32

boon

Answer 32

prize or reward

Question 33

the greatest prize

Answer 33

Campbell uses potions to show immortality, immortality can be symbolic.