ABSTRACT
The first Joseph Campbell work explores the masculine initiation myth of the Navajo twin heroes in great depth. Campbell goes on to suggest that a dichotomy similar to the solar/lunar counterplay embodied in the twin heroes mythologem is a central motif of all myths: Such cosmic dialect, under one guise or another, is a major theme of all mythology. His transcendent solar/lunar vision allowed him to see beyond gender biases into the energies of the psyche that permeate all psycho-spiritual traditions. Indeed, Campbell’s scholarship was profoundly influenced by his understanding of the solar and lunar images of the masculine principle. Western patriarchal culture has consistently interpreted solar psychology as masculine and equated lunar psychology with the feminine. In the individuating male psyche, the process of integrating the solar/ lunar aspects of the ego also represents the first leg of the journey.
