The Heroic Journey

“The journey of the hero is about the courage to seek the depths; the image of creative rebirth; the eternal cycle of change within us; the uncanny discovery that the seeker is the mystery which the seeker seeks to know.”

Joseph Campbell

The Heroic Journey in 3 Acts

  • Act 1 - Leaving Home

    Every journey begins with the first step of leaving the comfort and familiarity of home. Whether external change is thrust upon her or a divine discontent pulls her, the hero embarks into unfamiliar and uncomfortable territory.

  • Act 2 - The Adventure

    During the adventure the hero is tested and tried, finding new gifts and talents they were unaware of or had rarely used. Eventually, she will encounter a supreme ordeal where she experiences death and rebirth (symbolically).

  • Act 3 - Achieving Mastery

    Having survived the supreme ordeal, the hero finds the gift and/or the reward of her journey. The hero then returns home, but not as the same person who left but rather as a person who has achieved mastery of two worlds.

  • 5Crossing the Threshold

  • 6Road of Trials

  • 7Supreme Ordeal

  • 8Finding the Gift or Reward

  • 9The Return Home

  • 10Mastery of Two Worlds

  • 2Ordinary World

  • 3Call to Adventure

  • 4Supra-natural Gifts/Help

  • 1Seeker

Explore Your Journey

Using the powerful symbology of tarot and wisdom of the heroic journey, Marty Bacher is a gifted facilitator of conscious change and transformation. Marty feels it is a sacred privilege to bear witness to another’s pain as well as their divinity. He uses the reading to help shift the perception of life as a problem to be solved to an understanding of life as a mystery to be embraced.