Category: Story & Narrative (Personal mythology)
Moon Slayer: In the grip of an archetype
Author: Denise Grobbelaar
Date Published: 2024-04-04 17:00:48
But what happens when the stories we choose to live by lead us down dark and treacherous paths? The Netflix series “The Last Airbender" offers a compelling example of this question through the character of Admiral Zhao and his unrelenting pursuit of becoming a legend by slaying the Moon Spirit.
We are shaped by stories
Author: Denise Grobbelaar
Date Published: 2022-11-09 02:37:04
The stories we tell ourselves shape our lives in powerful ways. Our narratives about who we are and our place in the world dictate our life experiences; not necessarily what happens to us, but how we interpret events, our roles in what unfolded and what future may lie ahead for us. These stories are not merely thought up by our minds, but originate deep in our psyche...
Your beliefs create your reality
Author: Denise Grobbelaar
Date Published: 2022-01-31 20:59:13
Our perception of the world around us is filtered through our belief system which acts as a frame of reference in how we interpret events, phenomena, our own subjective experience and other people’s behaviour...