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The Crossing of the Return Threshold

from The Hero's Journey by Beth Kinderman

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"Nevertheless--and here is a great key to the understanding of myth and symbol--the two kingdoms are actually one. The realm of the gods is a forgotten dimension of the world we know. And the exploration of that dimension, either willingly or unwillingly, is the whole sense of the deed of the hero. The values and distinctions that in normal life seem important disappear with the terrifying assimilation of the self into what formerly was only otherness." - Joseph Campbell, The Hero With A Thousand Faces

Joseph Campbell’s works and the trademark HERO’S JOURNEY™ are used under license by the Joseph Campbell Foundation (www.jcf.org).

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I thank you for your wisdom
o Guardians of the North
& the strength of the ancestors
who will be my guides henceforth
with my feet thus firmly planted
out of death I claim rebirth
merry meet & merry part now
o ye spirits of the earth

I thank you for your wisdom
o Guardians of the West
I immerse in deep emotion
I emerge renewed & blessed
lead me to my intuition
when my courage starts to falter
merry meet & merry part now
o ye spirits of the water

I thank you for your wisdom
o Guardians of the South
hold a candle to my tinder
when my lamp has guttered out
may I never cease to lift
the light of justice ever higher
merry meet & merry part now
o ye spirits of the fire

I thank you for your wisdom
o Guardians of the East
who have cleansed all my perceptions
set my intellect at peace
help me seize each chance I'm given
help me never fail to care
merry meet & merry part now
o ye spirits of the air

& as I cross each threshold
may my spirit always know
I am held in sacred circles
within & above & below

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from The Hero's Journey, released May 3, 2019
Elizabeth Greenberg: vocals
Justin Hartley: djembe
Beth Kinderman: vocals, djembe
Sarah Ravely: vocals
Kelly Reich: vocals

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Beth Kinderman & the Player Characters Minneapolis, Minnesota

If you like epic song cycles based upon multi-thousand-page fantasy novels, thought-provoking lyrics, violin solos, complex vocal harmonies, huge drums, and weird guitar effects, but you also think that more musicians should write songs about surviving the zombie apocalypse and attempting to sleep with video game characters, Beth Kinderman & the Player Characters are the band for you. ... more

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