The three stages of the hero

I. Separation or departure
A. Call to adventure (vocation)
B. Refusal of the call
C. Supernatural aid
D. Crossing of the first threshold
E. Passage into the realm of night (Belly of the Whale)

II. Initiation--Trials and Victory
A. Road of Trials
B. Meeting with the Goddess (bliss of infancy regained)
C. Woman as Temptress (Oedipus)
D. Atonement with the Father
E. Apotheosis
F. Ultimate Boon

III. Return to and Reintegration with Society
A. Refusal of Return
B. Magic Flight (Prometheus)
C. Rescue from Without
D. Crossing of Return Threshold
E. Master of two Worlds
F. Freedom to live (the ultimate boon).