Unit 2: Selection Vocabulary 1

This list covers "The Power of the Hero’s Journey," "The Gathering Place," and Rámáyana.
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  1. archetype
    something that serves as a model
    The archetype of the hero’s journey is important because it helps us understand the common building blocks human beings have used to tell stories across time and cultures.
  2. threshold
    the starting point for a new state or experience
    In The Matrix, Morpheus is the threshold guardian, and he presents Neo with a tough choice: the blue pill or the red pill. If the hero decides to cross the threshold, he enters into a new world, where the rules are different and the stakes are life and death.
  3. incarnate
    possessing or existing in bodily form
    As Campbell puts it, “The meeting with the goddess (who is incarnate in every woman) is the final test of the talent of the hero to win the boon of love.”
  4. boon
    something that is desirable, favorable, or beneficial
    As Campbell puts it, “The meeting with the goddess (who is incarnate in every woman) is the final test of the talent of the hero to win the boon of love.”
  5. apotheosis
    the elevation of a person, as to the status of a god
    10. Apotheosis
    In return for pushing past fear, the hero is elevated and enlightened.
  6. incandescence
    light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
    On the corner of East 92nd and Lexington
    Under congested incandescence of pulsing city
    the world bends itself into a village.
  7. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
    Village to Pete Cashmore, who at my age built
    a gathering site for the courageously curious and obstinately obsessive
  8. vigilant
    carefully observant or attentive
    This be hope, this be home,
    we are hope, we are home,
    we be vigilant,
    we be united, we be good,
    we do good, we are good
  9. reverent
    feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
    He sate, in reverent attitude
    On holy grass, the points all bent
    Together toward the orient
  10. sanctity
    the quality of being holy
    For holy thought and fervent rite
    Had so refined his keener sight
    That by his sanctity his view
    The present, past, and future knew
  11. strife
    bitter conflict; heated or violent dissension
    How Báli and Sugríva fought.
    How Báli in the strife was slain
  12. ire
    belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong
    How Hanumán was seized; their ire
    When Lanká blazed with hostile fire.
Created on Wed Dec 02 17:15:52 EST 2020 (updated Wed Dec 09 16:15:12 EST 2020)

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