Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
M o r t i f i c a t i o n , Purgation, Invigoration, a n d J u b i l a t i o n , all related to the death
and rebirth o f the g o d or king. S o m e t i m e s all four elements c o u l d be c o m b i n e d
in an elaborate ritual drama that involved all the members of society as actors in
the play, whose stage was the whole city, and whose subject was the death and rebirth
of the god-king. Gaster says ancient ritual drama was of two types, rituals of henosis
or emptying, and rituals of plerosis or filling. Mortification and Purgation emptied
the body and mind, cleansing and purifying them while giving a taste of death, and
Invigoration and Jubilation rituals filled and satisfied the people while re-invoking
the principle of life.
Performing these rituals at the seasonal turning points was a symbolic but
also practical way of allowing the whole society to cool down after a strenuous
season of work
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