What's New on the Site?
March 10 - Minor Update
I'm going to try and get this site up and running (finally), and I'm
hoping to gradually bring over most of the content from my old Tripod site
over the next couple of weeks. I may even add a few new things along
the way.
What is the Fool's Journey?
In a nutshell, the Fool's Journey is simply the journey through
life: the highs, the lows, and everything in between. It is the
path we travel from day to day, and it is the road that leads us
to our destiny, whatever that may be.
More about
the Fool's Journey
The Fool's Journey is named after The Fool, the first of the 22
Major Arcana in the Tarot deck. The Major Arcana all represent
archetypes such as the Mother, the Father, and the Mentor, or forces
such as love, judgement and death. The Fool, in many traditions,
represents each of us as we encounter these various archetypes and
experience these forces. The Fool's Journey is the journey through
the Major Arcana, the journey from birth to death, and to whatever
lies beyond.
The Fool does not get his name from the fact that he is stupid
or dull-witted - he is originally named after the court jester
of medieval times, who was allowed to get away with things that
nobody else would dare, and who in certain cases was a cunning
advisor to the king. At his core he is a non-conformist, a
revolutionary, and when people do not understand the cause that
he fights for or the forces that drive him forward, they often
think of him as foolish. At some point in our lives we all
play the role of the Fool, and we all take up his Journey.
The concept of the Fool's Journey bears some similarities to the
mythological concept of the Hero's Journey, as formulated by
Joseph Campbell. Indeed, you can often look at a Fool's Journey
as a Hero's Journey, and vice-versa. I would contend that the
difference is mainly a matter of scope: while a Hero's Journey
typically follows the hero along a single adventure, the Fool's
Journey can be more overarching, spanning an entire lifetime.
