简介：ThisfilmisanexplorationoffamedMythologistJosephCampbell'sstudiesandtheircontinuingimpactonourculture.Throughinterviewswithvisionariesfromavarietyoffieldsinterwovenwithenactmentsofclassictalesbyasweetandmotleygroupofkids,thefilmnavigatesthestagesofwhatCampbelldubbedTheHero'sJourney:thechallenges,thefears,thedragons,thebattles,andthereturnhomeasachangedperson.Rootedindeeplypersonalaccountsandtimelessstories,FindingJoeshowshowCampbell'sworkisrelevantandessentialintoday'sworldandhowitprovidesanarrativeforhowtoliveafullyrealizedlife-orasCampbellwouldsimplystate,howto"followyourbliss". Innarratologyandcomparative#mythology,the#monomyth,orthehero'sjourney,isthecommontemplateofabroadcategoryoftalesthatinvolveaherowhogoesonanadventure,andinadecisivecrisiswinsavictory,andthencomeshomechangedortransformed. TheconceptwasintroducedbyJosephCampbellinTheHerowithaThousandFaces(1949),whodescribedthebasicnarrativepatternasfollows: Aheroventuresforthfromtheworldofcommondayintoaregionofsupernaturalwonder:fabulousforcesarethereencounteredandadecisivevictoryiswon:theherocomesbackfromthismysteriousadventurewiththepowertobestowboonsonhisfellowman. Campbellandotherscholars,suchasErichNeumann,describenarrativesofGautamaBuddha,Moses,andChristintermsofthemonomyth.…