MatthewHuttleMar 21, 20215 min29N - Atonement/Apotheosis Redux - Who I Choose to BeIn the third episode of Power of Myth interview series with Bill Moyers, Joseph Campbell spoke on the rituals of initiation that human...
MatthewHuttleMar 19, 20215 min29L - Atonement/Apotheosis Redux - Not the Worst Pagan on EarthI often refer to myself as the “World’s Worst Pagan” mainly because I don’t actually worship the old gods. Sure, I believe they are real,...
MatthewHuttleMar 13, 20216 min29F - Atonement/Apotheosis Redux - "I'll Be It."I didn’t go back to that world for over a month – not until well after my car accident. Maybe if I had, the crash wouldn’t have happened....
MatthewHuttleMar 12, 20217 min29E - Atonement/Apotheosis Redux - The Temple of This and ThatTwo weeks passed before I had the mental fortitude to go back into that subconscious world. What happened when I did was…well…almost...
MatthewHuttleMar 11, 20214 min29D - Atonement/Apotheosis Redux - "Antibodies, If You Will"I wouldn’t see Andrea again for six weeks, but after our last session she implored me to keep going back into that world, and to do so,...
MatthewHuttleMar 9, 20215 min29B - Atonement/Apotheosis Redux - "Not My Brand"The best way I could describe the Borderlands video game franchise is as a story-driven blend of first-person-shooter and role-playing...
MatthewHuttleSep 26, 20204 min28g - Apotheosis - Amor FatiIroh’s question to his nephew, “Who are you, and what do you want?” has been ringing in my mind a lot lately. This was a pivotal moment...
MatthewHuttleSep 25, 20204 min28f - Apotheosis - "Understanding others ... will help you become whole."In part four of the last miniseries I said that the elixir I brought back with me, that of personal responsibility, meritocratic hard...
MatthewHuttleSep 24, 20203 min28e - Apotheosis - "Life happens wherever you are, whether you make it or not."Once they arrived at the hidden firebending temple, Aang and Zuko found a series of statues depicting a martial arts form called, “The...
MatthewHuttleSep 23, 20203 min28d - Apotheosis - An Extension of One's BeingBalance is the central theme of ATLA, and it’s no accident that much of that world is inspired by Asian cultures and their art. Eastern...
MatthewHuttleSep 22, 20204 min28c - Apotheosis - "Pride is not the opposite of shame, but it's source."Before Iroh taught Zuko how to redirect lightning, he tried teaching him how to create it. However, after nearly blowing himself up...
MatthewHuttleSep 21, 20204 min28b - Apotheosis - "Who are you, and what do YOU want?"By the second season of ATLA, Zuko and Iroh became more than exiles; they get branded as traitors by Zuko’s psychopathic sister, Azula,...
MatthewHuttleSep 20, 20203 min28a - Apotheosis - The Exiled Prince, The Wise General, and The Smartass.A show that I do not talk enough about in these blogs is Avatar: The Last Airbender (ATLA), and that’s a personal failing. I’ve included...
MatthewHuttleSep 19, 20204 min27g - Atonement With the Father - Vulnerability as a Position of StrengthWhen discussing the Atonement with the Father stage in my first round of blogs, I said that the only way to counter the Dragon of...
MatthewHuttleSep 18, 20204 min27f - Atonement With the Father - Someplace I Have Never BeenVisionary inventor Buckminster Fuller said, “You never change things by fighting against the existing reality. To change something, build...
MatthewHuttleSep 17, 20204 min27e - Atonement With the Father - Yuri BezmenovIn 2003, psychologist Dr. Maja Djikic (then a graduate student) penned a paper with her professor entitled, “You Can Neither Remember Nor...
MatthewHuttleSep 16, 20204 min27d - Atonement With the Father - White Supremacist AdjacentIn my first round through the monomyth, the Elixir I attained was the discovery of conservative ideals of meritocracy, rugged...
MatthewHuttleSep 15, 20204 min27c - Atonement With the Father - The Shadow WarriorAs I went deeper into my unconscious mind, I went from battling a mighty dragon that made me both manic and depressed as it pushed me to...
MatthewHuttleSep 14, 20204 min27b - Atonement With the Father - Time to go Deeper If it’s one thing I’ve learned in going through the hero’s journey, it’s surrender. Not surrender in the hippie-dippie,...
MatthewHuttleJul 26, 20203 min22 - Crossing the First Threshold - There Is No Going BackThe moment that the hero crosses the first threshold from his ordinary world to the special world is usually pretty quick. It’s often...