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• Episode #537: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 4: The Queen Arc: The majestic Queen Arc builds upon the lessons learned in the Hero’s Journey to create an archetypal character arc that offers a worthy sequel.
• Episode #538: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 5: The King Arc: Although the plot in a King Arc can be absolutely epic, it is a fundamentally spiritual arc—more so than any that have preceded it.
• Episode #539: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 6: The Crone Arc: The Crone Arc begins the final act of the “life arcs” by presenting an inevitable and imperative Underworld Journey.
• Episode #540: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 7: The Mage Arc: The powerful and mysterious Mage Arc–the final archetypal character arc–turns its attention to questions of power and surrender.
• Episode #541: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 8: Introduction to the 12 Shadow Archetypes: Each positive character archetype inherently represents a struggle with related shadow archetypes–one passive and one aggressive.