Rose Perkins: Cosmogonic Cycle and World Naval (Class Reading)

     I wanted to return, for a moment, to Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces to discuss the cosmogonic cycle and world naval. I remember reading about these topics earlier in the semester, and it peaked my interest. I feel as though it relates to some aspects of the class that we have been discussing recently. 

    The cosmogonic cycle is the idea that the world and universe are in a constant cycle of creation and destruction, which repeats over and over for all eternity. This cosmogonic cycle is most often used in terms of creation/destruction and apocalypse myths, such as Ragnarok in Norse mythology. These ending of the world and all creation cycles are usually destined to repeat for all eternity. When not talking about apocalypse myths, this cycle usually falls in relation to some kind of journey, usually of a hero. Sometimes, though, it is represented by simple cycles such as life and death and sleep. The cosmogonic cycle then, today, can be a cycle of anything that repeats and involves a journey. An individual's journey of life and death is a representation of the cosmogonic cycle. Therefore, we as humans constantly represent this cycle. I feel as though this idea can apply to the film we watched recently in class. The angels fall outside this cycle, since they do not experience life or death and just watch the world exist. On the other hand, the angel that becomes human and goes on both an exterior and interior journey does represent this cosmogonic cycle. Exterior and interior journeys of any kind can be said to represent this cycle in some ways. Many of them repeat in various ways, and the structure is universal often for journeys. The same steps are taken. In this way, it represents the universal cycle. 

    The world naval is the idea that the source of life and strength flows from the invisible, often symbolic, center of the universe. It is the source of the universe and of all existence. I believe that the world naval is a real symbolic source, even today. The world naval can be any source that provides life, energy, and happiness, in my opinion. This can be connected to our discussions in class about love. Love often is a source of happiness that gives a person a source of life and meaning to keep living. This can be a representation of the world naval. The energy that flows through each human and powers things to continue forward, along with the things that provide journeys, can be more representations of this world naval. 

    Overall, the cosmogonic cycle and world naval are items that show up in mythology and journeys as these big ideas that are very powerful. However, these things can also be represented in smaller, more every day things that we do not always think about. They are represented in many ways, and they also connect to our class in almost every aspect. 

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