Dr. Norman Doidge, in the foreword to Jordan Peterson's book, 12 RULES FOR LIFE AN ANTIDOTE TO CHAOS, Pages xvi and xvii, write this: "Jordan showed his students how evolution, of all things, helps to explain the profound psychological appeal and wisdom of many ancient stories . . . He showed, for instance, how stories about journeying voluntarily into the unknown--the hero's quest--mirrored universal tasks for which the brain evolved . . . In all these triumph stories, the hero has to go into the unknown, into an unexplored territory, and deal with a new great challenge and take great risks. In the process, something in him has to die, or be given up, so he can be reborn and meet the challenge."
That sounds a lot like the call to become an individuated adult, the hero's quest for every young boy or girl.
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