Includes bibliographical references (page 302) and index.
Contents
Mapping the journey: a practical guide -- Archetypes -- Hero -- Mentor -- Threshold guardian -- Herald -- Shapeshifter -- Shadow -- Trickster -- Stages of the journey: ordinary world -- Call to adventure -- Refusal of the call -- Meeting with the mentor -- Crossing the first threshold -- Tests, allies, enemies -- Approach to the inmost cave -- Ordeal -- Reward (seizing the sword) -- Road back -- Resurrection -- Return with the Elixir -- Looking back on the journey.