Blog Entry #7

The archetype that I found making a connection with is the Magician Archetype. This has become an issue because I personally cannot see a possibility of this archetype to connect with real life. The book, “what Story Are You Living?” opens this section with a summary of “The Witch of Nag’s Head Woods”, a story about a fortune teller Miss Mabe who is a fortune teller, which happens to live in North Carolina during the begging of the 1900’s. Many children went to visit her and pay her small coins, without their parents knowing, and she would tell them their future, usually being like them getting small candies, and she would consistently be right. She lived right by the ocean, and many fishers would give her some of their catch in return for her blessing. Many times though the fisher would be selfish and she would tell the ocean and winds to push the opposite direction so that the fisher could not have any. The fisher would then have to apologize and promise her some of the catch they made, which would then make her bless the sea, even though she never admitted to anything. Reading thorough the section, I will still say that I am still very confused as to how to connect this to real life. What I got from the book is that a magician is a person who is “willing and able to allow miracles to occur.” (Page 140) This could be a representation of religious leaders such as the pope, pastors, and evangelists. It later mentions Martin Luther King Jr.’s ability to invigorate and excite his people in order for them to believe in his cause.