29N - Atonement/Apotheosis Redux - Who I Choose to Be
In the third episode of Power of Myth interview series with Bill Moyers, Joseph Campbell spoke on the rituals of initiation that human...
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MatthewHuttle
- Mar 19, 2021
- 5 min
29L - Atonement/Apotheosis Redux - Not the Worst Pagan on Earth
I 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,...
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MatthewHuttle
- Mar 13, 2021
- 6 min
29F - 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....
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MatthewHuttle
- Mar 12, 2021
- 7 min
29E - Atonement/Apotheosis Redux - The Temple of This and That
Two weeks passed before I had the mental fortitude to go back into that subconscious world. What happened when I did was…well…almost...
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MatthewHuttle
- Mar 11, 2021
- 4 min
29D - 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,...
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MatthewHuttle
- Mar 9, 2021
- 5 min
29B - 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...
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MatthewHuttle
- Sep 26, 2020
- 4 min
28g - Apotheosis - Amor Fati
Iroh’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...
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MatthewHuttle
- Sep 25, 2020
- 4 min
28f - 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...
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MatthewHuttle
- Sep 24, 2020
- 3 min
28e - 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...
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MatthewHuttle
- Sep 23, 2020
- 3 min
28d - Apotheosis - An Extension of One's Being
Balance 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...
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MatthewHuttle
- Sep 22, 2020
- 4 min
28c - 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...
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MatthewHuttle
- Sep 21, 2020
- 4 min
28b - 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,...
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MatthewHuttle
- Sep 20, 2020
- 3 min
28a - 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...
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MatthewHuttle
- Sep 19, 2020
- 4 min
27g - Atonement With the Father - Vulnerability as a Position of Strength
When discussing the Atonement with the Father stage in my first round of blogs, I said that the only way to counter the Dragon of...
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MatthewHuttle
- Sep 18, 2020
- 4 min
27f - Atonement With the Father - Someplace I Have Never Been
Visionary inventor Buckminster Fuller said, “You never change things by fighting against the existing reality. To change something, build...
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MatthewHuttle
- Sep 17, 2020
- 4 min
27e - Atonement With the Father - Yuri Bezmenov
In 2003, psychologist Dr. Maja Djikic (then a graduate student) penned a paper with her professor entitled, “You Can Neither Remember Nor...
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MatthewHuttle
- Sep 16, 2020
- 4 min
27d - Atonement With the Father - White Supremacist Adjacent
In my first round through the monomyth, the Elixir I attained was the discovery of conservative ideals of meritocracy, rugged...
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MatthewHuttle
- Sep 15, 2020
- 4 min
27c - Atonement With the Father - The Shadow Warrior
As 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...
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MatthewHuttle
- Sep 14, 2020
- 4 min
27b - 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,...
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MatthewHuttle
- Jul 26, 2020
- 3 min
22 - Crossing the First Threshold - There Is No Going Back
The moment that the hero crosses the first threshold from his ordinary world to the special world is usually pretty quick. It’s often...
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