Moses and Campbell’s Journey of a Spiritual Hero Long ago, in the desert of Egypt, Hebrew slaves known as Israelites escaped from the tyranny of the pharaoh. This story has a common theme that an unlikely hero leads people out of a wasteland and into a place of new life. The Israelites heroes’ name was Moses. There are several attributes that his quest shares with Joseph Campbell’s theme of the journey of the …showed first 75 words of 1791 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1791 total…sought to control or possess the land or the people, unlike Pharaoh. In the end, the journey of the spiritual hero can finish in either one of these two paths. It is up to the individual whether or not they will succumb to temptation and! be led down into hell and remain there forever. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973. Bible. English. New International. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1986