{"id":4368,"date":"2024-05-03T10:18:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T10:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelfuchs.com\/unkategorisiert\/how-did-you-come-to-the-heros-journey\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T16:58:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T16:58:46","slug":"how-did-you-come-to-the-heros-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelfuchs.com\/en\/unkategorisiert\/how-did-you-come-to-the-heros-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"How did you come to the Hero&#8217;s Journey?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.elementor-4368 .elementor-element.elementor-element-4d202fb{--display:flex;}.elementor-4368 .elementor-element.elementor-element-f779808{font-family:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-size:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );font-weight:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );line-height:var( --e-global-typography-text-line-height );}.elementor-4368 .elementor-element.elementor-element-2864491{--spacer-size:50px;}.elementor-4368 .elementor-element.elementor-element-8f8d9aa{--display:flex;--min-height:290px;--flex-direction:column;--container-widget-width:100%;--container-widget-height:initial;--container-widget-flex-grow:0;--container-widget-align-self:initial;--flex-wrap-mobile:wrap;--justify-content:center;--gap:10px 10px;--row-gap:10px;--column-gap:10px;}.elementor-4368 .elementor-element.elementor-element-8f8d9aa:not(.elementor-motion-effects-element-type-background), .elementor-4368 .elementor-element.elementor-element-8f8d9aa > .elementor-motion-effects-container > .elementor-motion-effects-layer{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/michaelfuchs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Wald-und-Wolken-2048x1365.jpg\");background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;}.elementor-4368 .elementor-element.elementor-element-5b36c15{text-align:end;}.elementor-4368 .elementor-element.elementor-element-bc7e9eb .elementor-button{fill:var( --e-global-color-5079a66 );color:var( --e-global-color-5079a66 );border-radius:25px 25px 25px 25px;}.elementor-4368 .elementor-element.elementor-element-bc7e9eb .elementor-button:hover, .elementor-4368 .elementor-element.elementor-element-bc7e9eb .elementor-button:focus{color:var( --e-global-color-accent );background-color:var( --e-global-color-5079a66 );}.elementor-4368 .elementor-element.elementor-element-bc7e9eb .elementor-button:hover svg, .elementor-4368 .elementor-element.elementor-element-bc7e9eb .elementor-button:focus svg{fill:var( --e-global-color-accent );}@media(min-width:768px){.elementor-4368 .elementor-element.elementor-element-4d202fb{--content-width:1600px;}}@media(max-width:1024px){.elementor-4368 .elementor-element.elementor-element-f779808{font-size:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );line-height:var( --e-global-typography-text-line-height );}}@media(max-width:767px){.elementor-4368 .elementor-element.elementor-element-f779808{font-size:var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );line-height:var( --e-global-typography-text-line-height );}}<\/style>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4368\" class=\"elementor elementor-4368 elementor-3903\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d202fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d202fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f030b18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f030b18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Michael, how did you come up with the topic of the Hero&#8217;s Journey?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f779808 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f779808\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When I trained in experiential education over 25 years ago, some strange guy mentioned this thing.<\/p>\n<p>Back then it was all about &#8220;<em>experiential education in nature<\/em>&#8220;&#8230;&nbsp;<\/p><p>Nature speaks to itself &#8230;&nbsp;<\/p><p>and people change when they are in the mountains and so&#8230;<\/p><p><b><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-style: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">And someone mentioned it: J<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">oseph Campbell and the Hero&#8217;s Journey and Star Wars&#8230;<\/span><\/b><\/p><p>and that&#8217;s when it clicked for me!<\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;ve been working on the topic ever since.<\/p>\n<p>Because he also said that back then: <i>Not only does nature change&#8230;<\/i><i style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">but deep, inner, archetypal processes change<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>And nature activates your deep connection to this inner level of perception.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05e99b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05e99b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>And when did you really go into depth?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce62a85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce62a85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I really went into depth when I wrote a book with someone about people who are committed to the common good. The book still exists today. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/Moderne-Helden-Michael-Fuchs\/dp\/3899010558?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=michaelfuch09-21&amp;linkId=d0889f27a06d07049e3b3a7686424a48&amp;language=de_DE&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <u>Modern heroes<\/u><br \/>\n<\/a> it is called.<\/p>\n<p>The theme was: he wanted to photograph real personalities. That was a photographer.<\/p>\n<p>And I told him. Where is the concept?<br \/><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">You can&#8217;t just take photos of faces and then give them out. And then I said to him: Look, why don&#8217;t you take this&#8230; Let&#8217;s take the concept of modern heroes or the hero&#8217;s journey and you can make pictures based on that. And you take people who are at the very beginning of their commitment&#8230; So take modern happiness research.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: green;\"><strong>Modern happiness research said at the time:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong style=\"color: green;\">Commitment to others, plus self-awareness, plus community makes you happy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Take that and then take the hero&#8217;s journey and see where you find people who are at the beginning of that development journey and where you find people who are at the very end.<\/p>\n<p>This is how the book is organized. At the very end is the fool. This is a clown doctor who works as a clown in cancer clinics and doesn&#8217;t entertain the people there, but makes a fool of them.<\/p>\n<p>And this is how the book is organized.<\/p>\n<p>And the questions in the book <span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">are really like that<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p>Radiation level &#8211; What are you doing?<\/p>\n<p>Then rather the inner emotional level &#8211; how do you experience that?<\/p>\n<p>Then to what is your truth about the world?<\/p>\n<p>And how do you bring that together?<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s how the book was made.<\/p>\n<p><b>And at that moment, I slipped deeper and deeper into this topic, and I&#8217;ve been dealing with it ever since.<\/b><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60fa939 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60fa939\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Why do you think the Hero&#8217;s Journey is a suitable building block for personal development?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb6b83f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb6b83f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Because it allows you to experience the paradox that no development is actually needed.<\/p>\n<p>But rather an unfolding of your deep inner qualities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And the question is: How do you come up with this inner quality?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, it&#8217;s a way to get into self-awareness and self-development and get out of the prison of the ego that tells you self-optimization. You get out of the labyrinth of the ego.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2864491 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2864491\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f8d9aa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8f8d9aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b36c15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b36c15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hero's Journey<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc7e9eb elementor-align-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bc7e9eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelfuchs.com\/en\/heros-journey\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael, how did you come up with the topic of the Hero&#8217;s Journey? 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