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Book: Archetypes in Religion and Beyond

Chapter: c. The Hero and the Ego

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.43679

Blurb:

Our ego leads us all to have goals, but to adapt we need to maintain, modify, or even transform those goals over time. The hero function inspires us through many symbolic forms, even to the extent of heroically trying to sacrifice the ego itself.

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