The hero with a thousand faces by Joseph Campbell

This book is essentially a map of the inner work that seekers walk down. Throughout mythology, there is a universal pattern that – Joseph Campbell, the writer of the book called the “hero’s journey” – can be found nearly everywhere in our traditions and myths.

The “hero’s journey” has three main acts, the Departure, the  Initiation, and the Departure. And it has 12 steps:

1. The Ordinary World
2. The Call to Adventure
3. Refusal of the Call
4. Meeting the Mentor
5. Crossing the First Threshold
6. Tests, Allies, and Enemies
7. Approach to the Inmost Cave
8. The Ordeal
9. Reward (Seizing the Sword)
10. The Road Back
11. The Resurrection
12. Return with the Elixir

(Did you know that Luke Skywalker’s character from Star Wars was also based on this book?)