Symbolism In Gideon's Cosmogonic Journey '

Dr. Spencer Reid is brilliant and genuinely entertaining who hints at having Schnipornia and autism, passed on from generation through generation. Throughout the series, we get glimpses/flashbacks to Reid’s childhood where it shows the hard moments in his life. For Spencer, I would say the worst time when death does the most damage to him both mentally and individually as a person happens when his mother is killed by her long time stocker. This event in his life is very similar to the events of crossing the threshold and defeating the unknown monster and coming out of a new rebirthing process. This symbolically represents the detachment Reid faces when he is “leaving” the womb of his mother and finally being comfortable/ at peace with everything going on in his life. …show more content…
This would symbolize the guide’s testing the hero one last time before he re-enters the ordinary world after being …show more content…
“As the essential formula of the hero’s journey; Separation, Initiation, and Return; likewise the essential formula of the cosmogonic cycle is: Emanations, Transformations, and Dissolutions”(Campbell’s). The relevance and importance to the topic of Criminal Minds and the study of why criminals do such violent things relates so well to the cosmogonic cycle that in every episode each character is part of their very own individual cycle, where they might also use each other as guides or heralds/allies to help them on their