This plot has four distinct phases. 1) The hero undertakes a journey (quest). The goal may be positive (wisdom; immortality; the divine; the transcendent; etc.), or negative (the destruction of evil).231 2) The hero undergoes a death experience of some kind. 3) The hero receives enlightenment, or attains to a union with the “divine” (ultimate reality). 4) The hero returns to impart wisdom to the rest of humanity.
