Initiation

Separation and Initiation Stages of Luke Skywalker Hero’s Journey Star Wars is an American franchise film that changed the movie industry in 1977 with the released of Star Wars Episode IV: A new Hope. The film was created by George Lucas and inspired by the Hero’s Journey concept. Star Wars, it’s the perfect example of the Hero’s Journey. An ordinary hero who was called to adventure, experiences trials, loss, sacrifice, heroic moments, finds his purpose, and comes back with the ultimate boon.…

Theme 2: Relational Connection and Self-Congruence Questions around building therapeutic relationships were a large part of my week during the family counselling portion of the course. Even though relationship building is one of the first lessons in counselling courses, for me, it has been the topic of many reflections. I have realized that perhaps these questions and uncertainties were related to not having found my counsellor style. Or, perhaps they were due to my natural inclination to play…

those habits is initiation which I’ll be discussing throughout my assignment. INITIATION It’s a school in the mountains, a cultural practice that marks the transformation of young boys and girls to adulthood. Boys initiation involves circumcision. After noticing that a time for a prince or princess to go to initiation school has arrived, an initiation leader notifies the royal family and asks for a wood on fire from the royal house. The wood must arrive at the place of initiation without the…

alcohol initiation (AI) and depressive symptom onset (DSO) will provide clues for prevention of negative health outcomes associated with co-occurring alcohol use and depressive symptoms. Limited evidence focuses on the sequence of AI and DSO and existing findings of the association of alcohol use and depressive symptoms…

The initiation story is a recurring theme within the Bluest Eyes. Not only the initiations of the children characters, such as Pecola and Frieda, are explored, but also the past initiations of complex adult characters, such as Cholly and Pauline Breedlove. With these stories, Toni Morrison explores how childhood experiences and epiphanies could make a heavy impact on a person’s life. This theme first became apparent in the prelude of the novel, when Claudia described the un-sprouting marigold…

There are 3 phases in this hero's journey the departure, the initiation, and the last phase is the return. The first phase of a hero’s journey is the departure phase. In the departure phase the hero finds out that he is not the same as other people. In the movie Hercules Hercules…

Every culture develops rituals of initiation into adulthood. These rituals could include retreats, individual reflections, or physical examples like getting a tattoo or cutting hair. Some cultures in particular, may have more drastic measures of initiation. For example, circumcision is a surgical procedure in which the child is transformed into an adult. An initiation ritual that has stirred up quite the controversy is female genital cutting, as it is not a traditional ritual that most people…

The importance of initiation for anthropologist seems to be based on the fact that it could be said to be something universal, we all have gone through some sort of initiation at some point in our lives. Usually, these are of religious or social character, like baptism or joining a society. Moreover, initiation is thought to be used as a kind of differentiator, the moment between a ‘before and an ‘after’. For example, for some cultures one is considered as a social person after birth, however,…

stated that the early initiation of stimulant medications for ADHD was protective against the development of substance use disorders (McCabe et al., 2006). The Dalsgaard et al. study also signified that the early initiation of stimulant medications for the treatment of ADHD lowered the risk of future substance use disorder development (Dalsgaard et al., 2014). These two studies differ from the other three studies in the review that identified that early stimulant medication initiation presented…

has committed suicide. In this story, Nicks father attempts to put Nick through an initiation by having him assist in the birth of the Indian baby, however, this fails when Nick is approached by the dimness of human life and death. Nick’s father fails in this initiation because his hands did bring a life into the world, but his words disheartened a hurting man who then killed himself.…