“ I thought,
"Where is The Mythic Heroine’s Story?"
In Ishtar Rising, Wilson talks about the myth of Inanna, and how she goes down into Hell and has to give up •everything• of •herself• to gain the Wisdom and Experience she can
Bring Back to Her Tribe.
[ Which is The Story of Alice in Wonderland, actually. And, of Star Trek : Discovery ]
Privileging The Network
rather than
The Sovereign Individual.
And so, as I thought about the differences between The Hero’s and The Heroine’s Journey, it gave me a bunch of different modes to work in.
Finding ways to avoid telling The Boy Hero story again was quite liberating.
It just gave me a bunch of new ideas, an interesting new way of telling stories that didn’t rely on the framework of The Hero’s Journey that Campbell talks about.”
There is no Death.
There is only a transition
to a different
Sphere of Consciousness.
Carol Anne is not like those she's with.
She is a Living Presence
in their Spiritual
Earthbound plane.
They are attracted to
the one thing about her
that is different
from themselves -
Her Life Force.
It is very strong.
It gives off its own illumination.
It is A Light that implies
Life and Memory
of Love and Home
and Earthly Pleasures,
something they desperately desire
but can't have anymore.
Right now, she's the closest thing to that, and that is a terrible distraction from the real light that has finally come for them.
You understand me?
[Diane shakes her head]
These souls, who for whatever reason are not at rest, are also not aware that they have passed on.
They're not part of Consciousness as we know it.
They linger in a perpetual dream-state, a nightmare from which they cannot awake.
Inside The Spectral Light is Salvation, a window to The Next Plane.
They must pass through this membrane where friends are waiting to guide them to new destinies.
Carol Anne must help them cross over, and she will only hear her mother's voice.
Now... hold on to yourselves.
[brief pause]
There's one more thing.
A terrible presence is in there with her.
So much rage, so much betrayal.
I've never sensed anything like it.
I don't know what hovers over This House, but it was strong enough to punch a hole into This World and take Your Daughter away from you.
It keeps Carol Anne very close to it and away from The Spectral Light.
It lies to her, it tells her things only a child could understand.
It has been using her to restrain the others.
To her, it simply
is another child.
To Us -- it is
The Beast.
[long pause]
Now — Let's go get
Your Daughter.
