Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
moral universe of the Puritans, represented by law-abiding W y a t t Earp, and the
wilder rebel side represented by Holliday, a gambler from the old South.
N O N - H U M A N ALLIES
Allies need not be human. In some religions of the world, each person is assigned a
spirit protector, a lifelong sidekick or Ally. T h i s may be an angel, the guardian angel
who is supposed to look out for the person and keep them on the right path, or
a minor deity of some kind. T h e Egyptians taught that Khnemu, the ram-headed
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builder god, fashioned each person out of clay on his potter's wheel and at the same
time made a " k a " or spirit protector in the exact same shape. T h e ka accompanied
each person throughout life and on into the afterlife as long as the person's body was
preserved
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