Monomyth

The exploits of a hero in myths, novels and films occur on a heroic journey or hero's journey, sometimes called Quest, which is characterized by typical situation sequences and figures. This archetypal basic structure is called for a term of James Joyce, and as a single myth.

As a basic pattern of mythologies around the world, especially the American mythologist Joseph Campbell has explored the motif of the hero journey. Based on the heroes journey has ( Hero's Journey ) gained great influence both in therapy and literature. For special popularity this resulted in the adaptation ( especially American ) cinema. So the Star Wars movies by George Lucas based on the motives of the hero's journey. In Hollywood in particular Christopher Vogler in his book The Writer 's Journey ( The odyssey of the screenwriter ) made ​​known the model. In German-speaking countries, the model of the media scientist Michaela Krützen was further developed ( dramaturgy of the film) that uses the Hero's Journey for the analysis of such films as The Silence of the Lambs or Pretty Woman.

The cycle of the hero journey described by Campbell was further developed by many therapists and coaches such as Paul Martin Weiss Rebillot or to a psychological and initiatory training.

The cycle of the hero's journey to Campbell

The stages of a hero's journey to make to Campbell as follows:

The cycle of the Hero's Journey by Vogler

Christopher Vogler designed this way of the hero as a guide for screenwriters, which attracts attention, especially in Hollywood. Its concept is based on the model designed by Joseph Campbell.

The process of the hero's journey after Rebillot

Paul Rebillot developed from Gestalt therapy, psychodrama and the mythical cycle shown by Campbell the self-awareness process of the hero's journey. Through imagination travels, performances, dance, body work, methods of Gestalt therapy and creative techniques such as painting, it should be the people working in the group participants were able to recognize their unconscious "true" objectives and restrictive, negative self - and world-views and dissolve through rituals and to change.