Spring Dreams Lecture Series I
This seasons lectures are based on learning the foundation of literary
works through myth-ology, the hero journey, and how ancient civil-izations
used the art of storytelling.
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Where do our myths and legends come from?
"Well, there are two types of deed. One is the physical deed; the hero
who has performed a war act or a physical act of heroism ñ saving a
life, that’s a hero act. Giving himself, sacrificing himself to another.
And the other kind is the spiritual hero, who has learned or found a
mode of experiencing the supernormal range of human spiritual life, and
then come back and communicated it. It’s a cycle, it’s a going and a
return, that the hero cycle represents.
But then this can be seen also in the simple initiation ritual, where a
child has to give up his childhood and become an adult, has to die, you
might say, to his infantile personality and psyche and come back as a
self-responsible adult. It’s a fundamental experience that everyone has
to undergo, where in our childhood for at least 14 years, and then to
get out of that posture of dependency, psychological dependency, into
one of psychological self-responsibility, requires a death and
resurrection, and that is the basic motif of the hero journey, Leaving
one condition, finding the source of life to bring you forth in a richer
or more mature or other condition."
~Joseph Campbell, author of the Power of Myth
Join Undawnted for her Special Engagements series of lectures, poetry, and writing workshops.
Engage in your intellect...
Do we have that power? Can we create our own hero's journey? Be our own hero?
This writer's workshop will help you define the hero's journey through myth and creative exploration. Define your center and define yourself.
Have a great and wonderful day.
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*Update: all workshops and special engagements have now been concluded, and new projects are now under Undawnted's Substack.
A
writer at heart, Undawnted's own creative spark, DL Mullan, began
writing short stories and poetry before adolescence. Over the years, Ms.
Mullan has showcased her literary talents by self-publishing several
collections of her poetry. She also writes novels, designs apparel, and
creates digital art. Ms. Mullan‘s creative writing is available in
digital and print collections, from academia to commercial anthologies.
As an independent publisher, she produces her own book cover designs as
well as maintains her own websites. She is an award-winning digital
artist and poet. This year, DL Mullan has begun sharing her knowledge
via
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Her innovative style teaches writers how to reach their creative potential, and write more effectively.
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