Lost the Plot is a mythic exploration of the narrative arts. Addressing writers and audiences alike, it is equal parts esoteric and academic, irreverent and intellectual. It critiques troubling trends while celebrating excellence wherever it can be found, at all times seeking to understand where the plot of our culture has gone.
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Lost the Plot is a mythic exploration of the narrative arts. Addressing writers and audiences alike, it is equal parts esoteric and academic, irreverent and intellectual. It critiques troubling trends while celebrating excellence wherever it can be found, at all times seeking to understand where the plot of our culture has gone.
Storytellers are shamans--at least they should be. The mythic role of the writer is all but forgotten in our world of ready-made "content," and it's time we remember the importance of this vocation. This video essay argues that the Hero's Journey as developed by Joseph Campbell via Carl Jung is the same thing as the Tarot. By reference to the Ra Material, aka the Law of One, I develop a modular writing system that allows writers to confer with their muses while providing a familiar structure.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Writing Systems and Joseph Campbell
4:07 Archetypes and Carl Jung
8:43 The Tarot and the Law of One
11:01 The System Itself
18:18 The True Hero
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A version of this essay was originally published on Auguries and Alchemy.
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Lost the Plot
Lost the Plot is a mythic exploration of the narrative arts. Addressing writers and audiences alike, it is equal parts esoteric and academic, irreverent and intellectual. It critiques troubling trends while celebrating excellence wherever it can be found, at all times seeking to understand where the plot of our culture has gone.
