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| Any male or female who leaves the world of his or her everyday life to undergo a journey to a special world where challenges and fears are overcome in order to secure a reward (special knowledge, healing potion, etc.) which is then shared with other members of the hero’s community (Joseph Campbell) |
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The original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype
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| To abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal |
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| To dissect the living body of (an animal) |
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| To look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger |
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| To represent (a fault, offense, etc.) as less serious |
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| The act of requiring or demanding |
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| The act or process of being taken in and incorporing as one's own |
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| Unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant |
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| Dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever |
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| To try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass |
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| A person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion |
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| To free or release from entaglement; disengage |
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| Language spoken to an individual by the world |
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| An apartment in or a building connected with a church or a religious house, in which the sacred vessels, vestments, etc. are kept |
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| One's reason to live; destiny |
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| Anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portet |
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| To return like for like, esp. evil for evil |
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| A substance sought by alchemists that would be capable of transmuting baser metals into gold or silver and of prolonging life |
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A form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life
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| The practice of attempting to fortell future evnts or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means |
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| Subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic |
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| To command; order; direct |
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| Very slight, gradual, or subtle |
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| The way in which we communicate with the world and how it communicates with us |
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| To think or meditate in silence, as on some subject |
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| The point where we lose control of what's happening to us and our lives become controlled by fate |
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| Principle of Favorability |
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| A person who does not accept a particular faith, esp. Christianity |
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| To feel or express sorrow or regret for |
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| Potion or drink that gives immortality and heals wounds |
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| devoted to divine worship or service; pious; religious |
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| Causing sorry or pity; pitiable; deplorable |
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| Having the character of a traitor |
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