Victor condemns her for this heresy and has her taken away to await punishment. She has woken Victor a hundred years ahead of schedule and must now answer for her actions and explain her reasons. In Underworld, Selene enters an inmost cave that is very familiar, it contains three coffins, two of which have vampire elders. And if he wants to complete his task of saving mankind then he must die and trust he will rise again. In Lord of the Rings it’s an actual cave reached by scaling a mountain, in the bible it’s a garden but in contrast to the beauty around about, Jesus is entering an emotional cave, the knowledge he’s about to die. When we compare the approach to the inmost cave in Lord of the Rings and the bible we find very different ways of entering the cave. In spite of my agnostic belief system I do find the bible stories quite inspirational when constructing my own stories. I’m using the bible in the mythological sense here. ![]() Jesus is a fool hero because by his death he saves mankind, according to the Bible. Samwise rescues Frodo frequently and in the end carries him all the way up Mount Doom. Samwise is a ‘fool hero’ just like Jesus, because the most foolish person is the hero. It is here we ask our hero, “are you really ready for this supreme test?”įrodo and Samwise enter Shelob’s lair and Frodo is taken prisoner. In literary and psychological terminology it is called the ‘dark night of the soul.’ Jung referred to it as the Approach to the Inmost Cave, the final test before the big climax. Shortly after that he is betrayed by Judas and seized by the guards and brought to the temple to stand trial. His erstwhile disciples in the meantime have fallen asleep. ![]() He begs God to spare him this end but finally concedes it is not my will but your will. For those who haven’t read the story Jesus goes to prepare himself for death and asks his disciples to wait with him while he prays. The night Jesus was betrayed and I thought I’d use this story to introduce the approach to the inmost cave. ![]() It’s a familiar story to anyone raised in a Christian household. Then came Jesus to the to a place called Gethsemane and said to his disciples, “sit here while I go ahead and pray.” Matthew 26:36
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