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We all share the challenge to enter the abyss, tame our demons, discover our power, and return with the light.
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― The Codex Bellum III: The Observer Effect
― The Codex Bellum III: The Observer Effect
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As Campbell pointed out, in all spiritual traditions the hero must undergo initiation and testing. These rites of passage awaken and develop latent human capacities as they mark and safely ritualize the process of maturity, empowerment, and agency among members of a group. Initiation is a way adolescent naivete and dependency ends as we develop a sense of mastery, meaning, and purpose and are reborn as adults and active, contributing members of the tribe. Vision quests, shamanic journeys, sun da
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― Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human
― Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human