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  • We must find our way, what Joseph Campbell calls a "hero's journey" to move us through our fears into the world of challenge, conflict and sometimes death.

    Roger Fransecky: Beliefs Set the Path to a Real New Year Roger Fransecky 2012

  • We must find our way, what Joseph Campbell calls a "hero's journey" to move us through our fears into the world of challenge, conflict and sometimes death.

    Roger Fransecky: Beliefs Set the Path to a Real New Year Roger Fransecky 2012

  • We must find our way, what Joseph Campbell calls a "hero's journey" to move us through our fears into the world of challenge, conflict and sometimes death.

    Roger Fransecky: Beliefs Set the Path to a Real New Year Roger Fransecky 2012

  • We must find our way, what Joseph Campbell calls a "hero's journey" to move us through our fears into the world of challenge, conflict and sometimes death.

    Roger Fransecky: Beliefs Set the Path to a Real New Year Roger Fransecky 2012

  • Inadvertently, of course, but he still has to pay the price, dying a hero's death to save Kate from the hit man.

    Matt's TV Week in Review 2011

  • As my studies of the Runes clarified -- the obscure, ancient Norse symbols Odin brought back from his time on the World Tree -- I began making connections between the progression of their story and characters of the Potterverse, not just between personality traits and the meaning of the Runes, but in how the characters represented stages of Harry's hero's journey through the progression of the Runic aetts.

    Kelley Harrell: Harry Potter and the Elder Futhark Kelley Harrell 2011

  • The remains of Australia's most infamous criminal, Ned Kelly, have been identified, ending a decades-long mystery surrounding the whereabouts of the folk hero's body.

    Remains of Australian outlaw Ned Kelly identified 2011

  • The Harry Potter story presents a strong, modern archetypal connection to Jung's hero's journey.

    Kelley Harrell: Harry Potter and the Elder Futhark Kelley Harrell 2011

  • In her meetings, Clinton made clear to Libyan opposition leaders Mustafa Abdul-Jalil and Mahmoud Jibril that the U.S. believes al-Megrahi should never have been freed and that his return to a hero's welcome in Moammar Gadhafi's Libya remains problematic, American officials said.

    Clinton: Libya must deal with Lockerbie bomber 2011

  • In her meetings, Clinton made clear to Libyan opposition leaders Mustafa Abdul-Jalil and Mahmoud Jibril that the U.S. believes al-Megrahi should never have been freed and that his return to a hero's welcome in Moammar Gadhafi's Libya remains problematic, American officials said.

    Clinton: Libya must deal with Lockerbie bomber 2011

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