In this essay on the journey symbol the writer states seven common traits of these journeys. He states;
Spiritual journey narratives typically involve commonplace and sometimes overlapping episodes, characters, objects, and qualities, including: (1) challenge or reproof by a young woman, frequently with an aura of supernatural prophecy to her words; (2) guidance from a wise old man or woman, often a hermit or a monk; (3) instances of wandering seen as sin and a diversion from the quest or pilgrimage; (4) the necessity of a test or tests of one's spiritual powers and/or resolve to continue the journey to its conclu-sion; (5) a precious object and/or person to be found and/or pos-sesscd; (6) guardians of the object or person who must be overcome; and (7) helpers who assist the hero/pilgrim!
Liminality and Communitas
I never saw this model before but it certainly makes sense. For example the star wars films. Young Luke Skywalker is the chosen hero of the force, a young boy who has a prophecy surrounding him. He is given guidance by the wise hermit Obi Wan. In return of the Jedi and the in-between section he is tempted to wander into the dark side of the force. He has spiritual powers in the force that he must use to resolve the plot. He uses the lightsaber of his father. He must defeat the evil side of the force and he does this with the assistance of friends and helpers. It is interesting to see multiple films through this journey common model.
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