Any apprentice worth their shiny new work tools will tell you, Joseph Campbell is the instructor to follow, now that their tummy depends on their performances. This is the man which instructed us mythologist on the importance of forgoing becoming a specialist and stick with being the academic love child, the generalist. This is because we have to tell stories about the wisdom of life and there is no niche on life's wisdom. No life coach, no therapist, not even a holy man can give the experience of life to society like the mythologist. Mostly, we're the go to individual because we are expected to be like the journalist who has societal permission to remain the perpetual student.
My dream as a mythologist is simple, or not. I wish to be the vessel for new beliefs, the new fixed stars in the sky, or the b.i.r.d in the air. I want to be appropriate to the time which I am writing in yet be a little ageless. Writing stuff which explain the experience of a lost of religion, for instance. Or, the experience of establishing new paradigms and methodologies during the crumbling of those which once served well and long. For me, as a mythologist, I dream of being the model of Christ-consciousness rising out of the flames of self-consciousness. So, I am always asking for eyes to see and ears to hear as well as the strength to stand strong in ever evolving awareness and vibration. We dream of starting with the timeless themes, mastering them first though. Yet, we desire to make the inflection on these themes global, new, and inclusive. I believe that is the dream of any emerging mythologist. What are we, if not but high-brow journalist? We empty ourselves routinely and receive the stories for tomorrow; destroying the rituals of today and yesterday. Whereas, rituals have lost their impact on society (look at marriage and graduation,) storytelling and mythology specifically has and will always be where the leaders hear their call of the wild. The dream we mythologists give needs to be a desire, a demand, of motivating and encouraging the breaking of boundaries, especially boundaries which ritual is supposed to set up to keep us inwardly safe and mobile. This means that we, like the person elected to the position of judge or president, must sacrifice self. We must sacrifice self to find self which is floating within the superconsciousness of the collective oneness. So we are willing to be labelled a loony or crazy, going through the process of cracking up and breaking down fore that is the initiation and after healing from the experience, the mythologist will be able to swim in the waters with the mystic. It is a secret society of it own because not many can take the leap of being more than mortal; more than immortal, but being a natural supernatural. The mythologist is truly spiritual as it speaks with the higher level spirits which is different from the lower level spirits which the shaman speaks with. Hell, some mythologists are also shaman and speak with both higher and lower spirits. The receiving of the dream position is just the beginning, fore during the early stages the true mythologist must overcome ego and be able to ask for information and assistance in order to interpret what is being experienced. This request is twice removed upon the telling of a powerful tale; once for self and once for community, in order for communion to transpire long after the mythologist has. Speaking of ego; ego must be captured by its scanty neck and put in check because outside judgement has to be ignored as the true mythologist is doing this for the children. The ultimate dream of the mythologist, however, is to release all, or most, worries about skill, ability, and reception, and take command of the very obedient mind. Of course, this means that we must remember what was mentioned earlier and become the perpetual student. Other than that, we eat right, exercise often, and get enough sleep, because it takes high energy to make individual change; let alone societal changes through altering the social momentum. These are the dreams of an apprentice mythologist. Thanks for Listening! Sabrina Louise Andielle Crow Crew
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