The hero with a thousand faces

Prologue: The monomyth. Myth and dream ; Tragedy and comedy ; The hero and the god ; The world navel.

Part I: The adventure of the hero. 1: Departure. The call to adventure ; Refusal of the call ; Supernatural aid ; The crossing of the first threshold ; The belly of the whale

2: Initiation. The road of trials ; The meeting with the Goddess ; Woman as the Temptress ; Atonement with the father ; Apotheosis ; The ultimate boon

3: Return. Refusal of the return ; The magic flight ; Rescue from without ; The crossing of the return threshold ; Master of the Two Worlds ; Freedom to live

4: The keys.

Part II: The cosmogonic cycle. 1: Emanations. From psychology to metaphysics ; The universal round ; Out of the void

space ; Within space

life ; The breaking of the One into the Manifold ; Folk stories of creation

2: The virgin birth. Mother universe ; Matrix of destiny ; Womb of redemption ; Folk stories of virgin motherhood

3: Transformations of the hero. The primordial hero and the human ; Childhood of the human hero ; The hero as warrior ; The hero as lover ; The hero as emperor and as tyrant ; The hero as world redeemer ; The hero as saint ; Departure of the hero

4: Dissolutions. End of the Microcosm ; End of the Macrocosm

Epilogue: Myth and society. The shapeshifter ; The function of myth, cult and meditation ; The hero today.