The Hero Cycle

A hero properly is someone who has given his life to something bigger than himself or other than himself. A cycle it's a going and a return that the hero cycle represents. The basic motif of the hero journey leaving one condition finding the source of life to bring you forth in a richer or more mature or other condition. But then this can be seen also in the simple initiation ritual where a child has to give up his childhood and become an adult. It's a fundamental experience that everyone has to undergo for at least 14 years.