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Muhammad Ali: A Poet in and Out of the Ring

By Juan Vidal — 2016

Muhammad Ali was the greatest poet and performance artist to ever grace the professional ring. He was a truth teller in every sense, an anti-war pot-stirrer with a wry wit who would effortlessly kick into verse mid-conversation.

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For These Veterans, Poetry and Prose Help Treat the Moral Injury of War

The classical hero’s journey involves a call to adventure, a refusal to go, crossing a threshold while battling internal and external monsters, and above all, sacrifice.

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Anne Kniggendorf
2021
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What Makes a Hero? Veterans Share Their Stories

On Remembrance Day in the UK, and Veterans Day in the US, military veterans are thanked for their service and described as “heroes” but for many this word “hero” feels uncomfortable.

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David Botti
2015
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‘American Veteran’ Honors the Many Faces of the U.S. Soldier

On the heels of America’s longest war, a new PBS documentary series sits down with nearly 50 veterans in hopes of helping to bridge a growing gap.

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Chris Vognar
2021
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Why Soldiers Crave a ‘Hero’s Journey’

Many in the veteran community have made the mistake of assuming that the only process of reincarnation as a new, more laudable self is through violence and brutality.

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Meaghan Mobbs
2018
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What is the Hero’s Journey?

Each of us is rising above our self-imposed limitations and outer challenges to expand our sense of self and walk our path of destiny. Joseph Campbell and the Hero’s Journey gave us a map to guide us, and signposts along the way, as we take our journey.

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Rachel Zelaya
2020
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The Hero’s Journey: The Idea You Never Knew Had Shaped “Star Wars”

Campbell’s monomyth has been criticised for being Eurocentric and patriarchal. But it has a more significant problem, in that Campbell was wrong. There is not one pure archetypal story at the heart of human storytelling.

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John Higgs
2015
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Transformative Media: From the Hero’s Journey to Our Collective Journey

We need alternative narratives that show empowered and diverse people taking on the biggest challenges and coming together to transform a situation, not just ‘save the day.’

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Maya Zuckerman
2016
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Understanding the Human Condition Using ‘The Wizard of Oz’

If a Hero’s journey awaits all of us, then this interpretation of the deeper messages within the classic The Wizard of Oz can awaken the profound adventure of self-discovery and new potential.

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Jean Houston
2013
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What About the Heroine’s Journey?

The Harvard scholar Maria Tatar has made a career of studying fairy tales and folklore. Now she is taking aim at Joseph Campbell and showing us the women he left out of the story.

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Gal Beckerman
2021
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The Man Behind the Myth: Should We Question the Hero’s Journey?

Campbell claimed his theory, which has gone on to influence everything from Star Wars to Disney’s Aladdin, arose from a universal structure inherent in the global myths of antiquity. The problem is, that’s a lie. Campbell’s theory is as mythological as the stories from which it borrows.

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Sarah E. Bond, Joel Christensen
2021
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