TY - BOOK ID - 77943823 TI - Astra and Sebastian : An Epic Love Story AU - Illsley, L. W. AU - Knowles-Dixon, Shelley PY - 2011 SN - 9888167995 9789888167999 9789881993243 9881993245 PB - Proverse Hong Kong DB - UniCat KW - Epic poetry KW - Poetry UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77943823 AB - ASTRA AND SEBASTIAN is an epic adventure in the tradition of an ancient hero myth, but brought up to date by having two heroes, both a man and a woman, thus presenting the story from both perspectives and also showing how perceived earthly opposites are reconciled by the universe.Astra and Sebastian deals specifically with the change from child to adult but - as with any hero myth - this journey is applicable to any transitional moment in life. Hero myths throughout history articulate the symbolic journey of self discovery or individuation using archetypal motifs that we find in the unconscious. Cultures would build this psychological profile into their stories to aid the physical journey through life. Even today in a secular society, without help from any formal mythology, we undertake the journey of a hero unconsciously, every time we fall in love, face a crisis, or change, and any time we embark on a project. ER -