EVENT #15

At first sight, the notion of initiation might seem an archaeological relic of mythologies and cosmologies that are forever lost for modern man. Yet a sense of inadequacy is common to all eras, as if the mere biological fact of being born were not enough to make us the protagonists of our life. This desire to fight our incompleteness fuels our aspirations to a “second birth” after a sort of symbolic death, to a radical and irreversible inner devolution. With the decline of traditional beliefs and the attendant certainties, it is no longer religion but fiction that inspires the adventure of an initiation journey. From the Romantic age on, writers have been playing the same role that used to be played by saints, prophets and mystics.