Mutants, Heroes and Hypnotists
by Tim Brunson PhD
There is a superhero obsession in Eastern and Western culture. Just look at the Hollywood box office hits for the past several years. Titles like Spiderman, Batman Returns, Daredevil, X-Men and even the Harry Potter series are just a handful of an army of such movies. Add to this a steady fare of similar fictional stories that find there way into our homes via our cable television provider. Yes, even hit series like Heroes and 4400 continue satisfying our craving for stories about magical human potential. Other than importing these movies and shows to their theaters, our Eastern cousins have always had their martial arts heroes, which they have often exported back to us in the forms of Bruce Lee, Jet Li and Jackie Chan.
