<P> This is the point where the person actually crosses into the field of adventure, leaving the known limits of his or her world and venturing into an unknown and dangerous realm where the rules and limits are unknown . </P> <P> Campbell: "With the personifications of his destiny to guide and aid him, the hero goes forward in his adventure until he comes to the' threshold guardian' at the entrance to the zone of magnified power . Such custodians bound the world in four directions--also up and down--standing for the limits of the hero's present sphere, or life horizon . Beyond them is darkness, the unknown and danger; just as beyond the parental watch is danger to the infant and beyond the protection of his society danger to the members of the tribe . The usual person is more than content, he is even proud, to remain within the indicated bounds, and popular belief gives him every reason to fear so much as the first step into the unexplored . The adventure is always and everywhere a passage beyond the veil of the known into the unknown; the powers that watch at the boundary are dangerous; to deal with them is risky; yet for anyone with competence and courage the danger fades ." </P> <P> The belly of the whale represents the final separation from the hero's known world and self . By entering this stage, the person shows willingness to undergo a metamorphosis . When First entering the stage the hero may encounter a minor danger or set back . </P> <P> Campbell: "The idea that the passage of the magical threshold is a transit into a sphere of rebirth is symbolized in the worldwide womb image of the belly of the whale . The hero, instead of conquering or conciliating the power of the threshold, is swallowed into the unknown and would appear to have died . This popular motif gives emphasis to the lesson that the passage of the threshold is a form of self - annihilation . Instead of passing outward, beyond the confines of the visible world, the hero goes inward, to be born again . The disappearance corresponds to the passing of a worshipper into a temple--where he is to be quickened by the recollection of who and what he is, namely dust and ashes unless immortal . The temple interior, the belly of the whale, and the heavenly land beyond, above, and below the confines of the world, are one and the same . That is why the approaches and entrances to temples are flanked and defended by colossal gargoyles: dragons, lions, devil - slayers with drawn swords, resentful dwarfs, winged bulls . The devotee at the moment of entry into a temple undergoes a metamorphosis . Once inside he may be said to have died to time and returned to the World Womb, the World Navel, the Earthly Paradise . Allegorically, then, the passage into a temple and the hero - dive through the jaws of the whale are identical adventures, both denoting in picture language, the life - centering, life - renewing act ." </P>

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