Introspection – The Hero’s Journey –
Minimalist series representing the 12 stages of the Hero's Journey
![Introspection - The Hero's Journey - 1 ORDINARY WORLD 1](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_lossless,ret_img,w_600,h_600/https://vladimirkar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1-ORDINARY-WORLD-1-600x600.webp)
1 THE ORDINARY WORLD
![Introspection - The Hero's Journey - 2 CALL TO ADVENTURE](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_lossless,ret_img,w_600,h_418/https://vladimirkar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2-CALL-TO-ADVENTURE-600x418.webp)
2 THE CALL OF ADVENTURE
![Introspection - The Hero's Journey - 3 REFUSAL THE CALL](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_lossless,ret_img,w_600,h_600/https://vladimirkar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3-REFUSAL-THE-CALL-600x600.webp)
3 THE REFUSAL OF THE CALL
![Introspection - The Hero's Journey - 4 MEETING WITH THE MENTOR](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_lossless,ret_img,w_600,h_600/https://vladimirkar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/4-MEETING-WITH-THE-MENTOR-600x600.webp)
4 MEETING WITH THE MENTOR
![Introspection - The Hero's Journey - 5 CROSSING THE THRESHOLD](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_lossless,ret_img,w_600,h_463/https://vladimirkar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/5-CROSSING-THE-THRESHOLD-600x463.webp)
5 CROSSING THE THRESHOLD
![Introspection - The Hero's Journey - 6 TESTS ALLIES ENEMIES](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_lossless,ret_img,w_600,h_600/https://vladimirkar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/6-TESTS-ALLIES-ENEMIES-600x600.webp)
6 ENEMY ALLIED TESTS
![Introspection - The Hero's Journey - 8 THE ORDEAL](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_lossless,ret_img,w_600,h_600/https://vladimirkar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/8-THE-ORDEAL-600x600.webp)
7 THE APPROACH TO THE CAVERN
![Introspection - The Hero's Journey - Serpent des Mers](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_lossless,ret_img,w_600,h_418/https://vladimirkar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Serpent-des-Mers-600x418.jpg)
8. THE SUPREME TRIAL
![Introspection - The Hero's Journey - 9 THE REWARD](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_lossless,ret_img,w_600,h_420/https://vladimirkar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/9-THE-REWARD--600x420.webp)
9 THE REWARD
![Introspection - The Hero's Journey - 10 THE ROAD BACK](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_lossless,ret_img,w_600,h_361/https://vladimirkar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/10-THE-ROAD-BACK-600x361.webp)
10 THE WAY BACK
![Introspection - The Hero's Journey - 1 THE ORDINARY WORLD](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_lossless,ret_img,w_600,h_600/https://vladimirkar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1-THE-ORDINARY-WORLD-600x600.webp)
11 THE RESURRECTION
![Introspection - The Hero's Journey - 12 RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_lossless,ret_img,w_600,h_600/https://vladimirkar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/12-RETURN-WITH-THE-ELIXIR-600x600.webp)
12 RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR
“The Hero’s Journey”
- The Ordinary World
- The Call to Adventure
- Refusal of the call
- Meeting with the mentor
- Crossing the threshold
- Tests, allies and enemies
- Approaching the cave
- The supreme test
- The reward
- The way back
- Resurrection
- Return with the elixir
This concept of hero's journey was defined in 1949 by a certain Joseph Campbell in the very famous “The Hero with a Thousand and One Faces”.
After analyzing a number of writings on heroes around the world, Joseph Campbell concluded that almost all “monomyths” (Hero's Journeys) share the same structure, at the origin of 17 stages.
Later, a producer and screenwriter, Christopher Vogler reduced the structure to 12 steps, more easily integrated into cinema, integrating some of Campbell's steps into his own.