Howdy, everybody. This is C.J., and this is going to be episode one of my second podcast that I

started recently, Arctopical. Now, technically, this is the second episode of that podcast I've made,

because I did put out an episode that I called Episode Zero, which was just sort of an introduction

to, at least as of the time that I'm starting the second podcast, my thoughts on my vision for it and the types of things I anticipate and plan on talking about and covering on that show, although, of course, I'm always more of a gardener than an architect when it comes to making

things. So, who knows, maybe it'll evolve organically in ways I hadn't even thought of. Certainly,

that happened to the Dangerous History Podcast as well. But anyway, I wanted to go ahead and share

this episode as well on the D.HP feed, just to give those of you who are

already listeners to my history podcast an idea of what to expect at least initially on this other

podcast, and hopefully to entice many of you to go check it out and subscribe to the other podcast feed

so that you can get future episodes

of it as well. So anyway, this episode is going to be me talking about the concept of the

hero's journey and its relevance to our real lives and our psychology. So I hope you enjoy.

A hero ventures forth from the the world of common day, into a region of supernatural wonder.

Fabulous forces are there encountered, and a decisive victory is won.

The hero comes back from this mysterious adventure, with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.

Joseph Campbell

And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed

to survive.

You won't even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain.

When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. Haruki Murakami. I'm I'm I'm

I'm

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