S2 Ep 22. The Spiritual Hero Myth. Part 1 - a podcast by Alan Mulhern
from 2020-01-12T22:06:29
The heroic is the process by which our consciousness emerges and is transformed to higher levels. The hero in each of us is our struggle with the darkness and our efforts at rebirth. So too in civilisations, at the collective level, the heroic requires courage, vision and sacrifice which allow civilisations to be born, as well as to face their crises and be reborn. However, many civilisations have not been able to overcome their challenges and they have become extinct.
Hero myths are some of the oldest stories we have. The story of Osiris’ death at the hand of his brother Seth is probably the most dramatic and was retold across thousand of years of Egyptian history. The battle between the forces of light and darkness symbolises the inner state of mankind, the nature of our psyche. The forces of order, the creative principles that have fashioned the existence of not only life but the human psyche, are threatened by chaos and destructiveness.
The underlying philosophy upon which these podcasts are based is in the following book and can be obtained at the link below:
The Sower and the Seed
Reflections on the Development of Consciousness
(Karnac Books 2015)
Further episodes of The Quest: Vision in an age of Crisis. Economic
Further podcasts by Alan Mulhern
Website of Alan Mulhern