The Hero's Journey and The Great Turning

We live in a time where our cultural myths are breaking down, myths like the lone hero saving the day. The problems we face as a species now are far too great for any one person to tackle, and our stories need to speak to collective effort and deep change.
In this solo episode, I attempt to find overlaps between the world-stories of two very different thinkers, Joseph Campbell and Joanna Macy. Campbell is famous for speaking of the hero's journey, while Macy speaks about the Great Turning, a collective cultural journey. What would the hero's journey look like not with a lone hero on a quest, but with our entire species deepening into maturity?

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