29M - Atonement/Apotheosis Redux - The Border Between Order and Chaos
I said in the last blog that Hinduism forms the basic structure of my spiritual beliefs as a Pagan, and that’s because it’s a religion...
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MatthewHuttle
- Mar 18, 2021
- 5 min
29K - Atonement/Apotheosis Redux - Significantly Higher Stakes
As a marketer and entrepreneur, I am my brand and its message. In the months leading up to the launch of the Centurion Commission,...
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MatthewHuttle
- Mar 16, 2021
- 5 min
29I - Atonement/Apotheosis Redux - The Most Obvious Question
When I was in school throughout the late 80’s and the entirety of the 90’s, there was a considerable amount of latent patriotism found in...
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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 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
- Mar 8, 2021
- 8 min
29A - Atonement/Apotheosis Redux - Cycles Within Cycles
When he was on the Ed Mylett Podcast, former Navy SEAL David Goggins talked about the fact that many of us believe that our lives and our...
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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
- Sep 6, 2020
- 5 min
26 - Woman As Temptress - The Natural Man is Pathetic
In ancient belief systems from around the world, Nature itself was depicted as feminine. Even now we refer to the planet as “Mother...
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