The Hidden Symbolism of Movie Heroes

Storytelling is what movies do, and it is one of our best-loved entertainments, and those formats reach back into mythology, which is often no more than a misunderstanding of the deeper-level meaning of symbolism. The symbolism behind this comes from Steven B. Halls, M.D., FRCPC, a prominent symbolism researcher who, at halls.md, documents the energy-flow meaning behind ancient symbols.

The hero's journey is the best-known of the popular story structures. In the hero story of Daniel, he stands amongst lions. In Dr. Halls's analysis at halls.md, a lion is a symbol of energy outflow, often a horizontal outflow from the horizontal plane of a torus, its forelegs label a horizontal or upward direction, and the head and nose usually label an upward direction. Symbolism uses forelegs and noses as direction labels. Or else, the lion can be an upward flowing side flow symbol outside the torus itself. In the torus framework of symbolism, a sphere is a portal, a barrier is a threshold, and the torus is the building block. Further patterns and evidence are set out at halls.md.

Another symbol, Bird Portals

Anything with wings is a portal symbol: the wings form the barrier, the space between the wings showing the flow path through the barrier. Birds with wings extended are always portal symbols (citing Dr. Halls). Even a bird standing without spread wings is a portal symbol, especially when perched on a pole, mast, column, obelisk, anchor or crucifixion cross. Birds among leafy branches are vortices spiraling inward, portals by which energy returns to a higher dimension.