Quiz #1 Flashcards
What is the second step of the cosmogonic cycle?
The Virgin Birth
What is the first step of the cosmogonic cycle?
Examinations
What is the third step of the cosmogonic cycle?
Transformation of the Hero
What is the fourth step of the cosmogonic cycle?
Dissolutions
What are the four steps of the cosmogonic cycle?
1) Examinations
2) The Virgin Birth
3) Transformation of the Hero
4) Dissolutions
What’s the hero?
The first act of the hero is to leave their “status quo” and break through the unconditioned world.
What kind of person is the hero?
A person of exceptional gifts, often honored by society and unrecognized.
What’s a myth?
A story that uses symbols to get at a higher truth.
What’s the function of a myth?
To carry the human spirit forward.
What are the first five steps (departure)?
1) Call to Adventure
2) Refusal of the Call
3) Supernatural Aid
4) The Crossing of the First Threshold
5) The Belly of the Whale
What are the next six steps (initiation)?
1) Road of Trials
2) Meeting with the Goddess
3) Woman as Temptress
4) Atonement with the Father
5) Apotheosis
6) Ultimate Boon
What are the last 6 steps?
1) Refusal of the Return
2) Magic Flight
3) Rescue from Without
4) The Crossing of the Threshold
5) Master of the Two Worlds
6) Freedom to Live