(Narration from "The Cosmogonic Cycle" by Joseph Campbell:
The Hero as lover,
The hegemony wrested from the enemy, the freedom won from the malice of the monster, the life energy released from the toils of the tyrant - is symbolized as a woman. She is the maiden of the innumerable dragon slayings, the bride abducted from the jealous father, the virgin rescued from the unholy lover. She is the "other portion" of the hero himself.
The motif of the difficult task as prerequisite to the bridal bed has spun the hero-deeds of all time and all the world. In stories of this pattern the parent is in the role of Holdfast; the hero's artful solution of the task amounts to a slaying of the dragon. The tests imposed are difficult beyond measure. They seem to represent an absolute refusal, on the part of the parent ogre, to permit life to go its way; nevertheless, when a fit candidate appears, no task in the world is beyond his skill. Unpredicted helpers, miracles of time and space, further his project; destiny itself (in the form of the maiden) lends a hand and betrays a weak spot in the parental system.)
Each system holds within it's self,
The seeds of it's own inevitable demise,
It's time for the people to come together,
Get organized and rise,
Reclaim the world goddess as your birthright,
The grail, the goal, the prize,
Your a dreamer slowly waking up,
and seeing through your own disguise,
Your surprised, your finding out,
That it's been me all along,
And I'm reaching out to help you,
Through the voice in every song,
You and I in sacred union every time you sing along.
Every time you sing along.
(The characteristic adventure of the first is the winning of the bride - the bride is life. The adventure of the second is the going to the father -the father is the invisible unknown. The hero blessed by the father returns to represent the father among men. As teacher or as emperor, his word is law. Since he is now centered in the source to see him is to perceive the meaning of existence. From his presence boons go out; his word is the wind of life.)
My Word,
It simply occurred,
My ear opened up to the song of the universe,
This is what I heard,
I AM it,
Don't panic,
Just plan it,
Spiral mechanic,
You can make it better,
Only those with insights can handle this endeavor,
You're clever,
However,
You need to know,
About the infinite pain that you will under go,
Oh you think it's all about greatness huh,
Yeah You think it's all about fame,
You still want that power huh,
Yeah you want it all in your name,
No one said it would be easy,
No one said it would be fun,
No one said they would be grateful,
And you never will be done.
(The Hero as World Redeemer,
Two degrees of initiation are to be distinguished in the mansion of the father. From the first the son returns as emissary, but from the second, with the knowledge that "I and the father are one." Heroes of this second, highest illumination are the world redeemers, the so-called incarnations, in the highest sense.
The work of the incarnation is to refute by his presence the pretensions of the tyrant ogre.
On a grandiose scale he enacts the hero-life—performs
the hero-deeds, slays the monster—but it is all with the freedom of a work done only to make evident to the eye what might have been accomplished equally well with a mere thought.)
I AM the hero with 1000 faces,
I AM the source of all the gods,
Your words can never reach me,
And all your images are frauds,
My facade,
I AM a constant masquerade,
That's why they call it his story,
Cause all the world is just my stage,
And I'm going through a new one,
It's an idea that's time has come,
So let us go create it,
Participating manifest in and as the source that made it,
Everything around me gets lifted up and elevated,
It's a gift to be alive each day and we should celebrate it,
I AM sacred.
Putting these pragmatic systems to the test.
I'm weighing pro's and con's,
And calculating what is better or the best,
The greatest depth for the greatest span,
It's hard to be objective from the limited perspective of a man,
But I'm doing my best and that's the best that I can,
People wanna make the truth simple,
But it's too complex, then deflect,
Followed by a slue of the same old fallacies that you'd expect,
Respond, Reject,
Incorrect,
Disrespect,
Limited perspective and disconnect,
Repressed and under developed intellect,
You need to re-project,
Resurrect,
Cause effect,
Refine, perfect,
Divine connect,
Take that knowledge to the whole world starting with your local sect,
Off stage direct,
The plan to up lift and protect,
The future of humanity before its wrecked,
I suspect,
We can do better if we can connect,
If not mother natures gunna press eject,
- Have you flesh monkeys learned your lesson yet,
The same rerun programs on the same channels,
The time has come to rebuild and dismantle,
The virtues of the past become the vices of today,
It's not just all good, it's not all ok,
And we all have a mother (earth) fucking part to play.
(From the standpoint of the cosmogonic
cycle, a regular alternation of fair and foul is characteristic
of the spectacle of time. Just as in the history of the universe, so also in that of nations: emanation leads to dissolution, youth to age, birth to death, the god who is the creator becomes the destroyer in the end.
(Ken Wilber - Non-dual awareness)
From this point of view the tyrant ogre is no less representative of the father than the earlier world emperor whose position he usurped.
Stated in direct terms: the work of the hero is to slay the tenacious aspect of the father and release from its ban the vital energies that will feed the universe. In reality, Slayer and Dragon, sacrificer and victim, are of one
mind behind the scenes,
(Ken Wilber - One Taste)
but mortal enemies on the stage, where the everlasting war of the Gods and the Titans is displayed. The hero of yesterday becomes the tyrant of tomorrow, unless he crucifies himself today.)
