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Prologue: “The Monomyth”

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Part 1: “The Adventure of the Hero”, Chapter 1: “Departure”

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Part 1: “The Adventure of the Hero”, Chapter 2: “Initiation”

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Part 1: “The Adventure of the Hero”, Chapter 3: “Return”

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Part 1: “The Adventure of the Hero”

Part 1, Chapter 4

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Part 2: “The Cosmogonic Cycle”, Chapter 1: “Emanations”

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Part 2: “The Cosmogonic Cycle”, Chapter 2: “The Virgin Birth”

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Part 2: “The Cosmogonic Cycle”, Chapter 3: “Transformations of the Hero”

Part 2, Chapter 3, Sections 1-4

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Part 2: “The Cosmogonic Cycle”

Part 2, Chapter 3, Sections 5-8

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Part 2: “The Cosmogonic Cycle”, Chapter 4: “Dissolutions”

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Epilogue: “Myth and Society”

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