He introduced mathematics, shipbuilding, woodworking, money, music, and private property. He ascended to the throne at the age of 11 and ruled for over a century, during which the Chinese state enjoyed a golden age of peace and prosperity. This is exemplified by the Chinese figure of Huang Ti, who reigned a few centuries after Fu Hsi. The first of this kind is an emperor or king in human form who hereafter stands as the model of good political leadership for the kingdom. Society has been established to a sufficient degree so that now, ordinary men and women can take up the burden of sustaining civilization. Often, these are the kings whom legend tells us were themselves gods or demi-gods and used their divine status to create the great cities and kingdoms that we recognize and see today. They were masters of two worlds.Įventually, the world no longer needs the culture hero either.
Such figures are shrouded in mystery and their historicity is much-debated by historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists. Rather than creating the universe, these figures create cultures. A step removed from origin stories about the creation of the cosmos, we are now dealing with the phenomenon of culture heroes-the founders who appear at the beginning of a culture’s legendary past. Historical figures also become masters of two worlds. Culture HeroesĮventually, there comes a point where the gods and heroes of mythology must yield to actual historical figures. The manifestations vary, but the concept is universal. These figures of ascetic self-denial are represented across the world’s religious traditions, from the wandering mendicants of the East, to the Wandering Jew and itinerant monks of medieval Europe. This is a requirement to be a master of two worlds. The individual must embrace their own self-annihilation. Notably, this vision has only appeared to those who have forsaken worldly pursuits and secular desires. Jesus tells the men not to share the vision they have seen with anyone, “until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.” He has crossed and re-crossed the divine threshold, he is the master of both worlds. Suddenly, Jesus has transformed back again into a man.
But Jesus touches them and tells them not to be afraid. God then declares from on high that Jesus is His beloved Son, striking fear into the three men whom Jesus had brought. He becomes radiant before them and converses with the Old Testament figures of Moses and Elias. Jesus brings Peter, James, and John to a mountain. We see this in the Transfiguration of Christ from the New Testament, in which the body of Jesus becomes radiant with the glory and grace of God. The true hero is one who can move seamlessly between the two worlds, without destroying or compromising either. We’ll cover what being a master of two worlds entails and look at examples of the master-of-two-worlds stage of the hero’s journey. Master of two worlds is stage 16 of Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey, from The Hero with a Thousand Faces.
Master of two worlds is the stage of the hero’s journey in which the hero can move seamlessly between the two worlds, without destroying or compromising either. What is stage 16 of Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey? What is the significance of being a “master of two worlds”?
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