Dissolutions
The End of the Microcosm
- Each and every one of us is the hero. There, Campbell said it.
- We all have a king or queen within us: the greatest that we can be spiritually, and not just physically.
- In death, the individual is taken into the universe and becomes one with it.
- The journey of the soul through all stages of life is the same as the Hero's Journey: the final journey is the one we all take at the end of our lives.
- Copious examples from China, Egypt and the Aztecs follow.
The End of the Macrocosm
- The universe follows the same cycle as the individual: being born, living, thriving, declining and perishing.
- End-of-the-world stories from Mayan culture illustrate this trend, as do the Viking story of Ragnarok and the Christian notion of Armageddon.