The author examines the image of journey and its archeform, the quest, and finds two spiritual concepts: that of movement to the center followed by a return, and the concomitant understanding that all that has arisen and reached maturity must return to renew itself. Four journeys, the shamanic journey of soul, the hero’s journey of spirit, the pilgrimage of community, and the allegorical journey of the labyrinth, are viewed from this perspective.
