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 Semester One
Advisor:  Vicki Kirsch
Study Plan      
Packet 1 Cover Letter    
  A Monomyth Summery    
    I. Departure  
      1. The Call to Adventure
      2. Refusal of the Call
      3. Supernatural Aid
      4. The Crossing of the First Threshold
      5. The Belly of the Whale
    II. Initiation  
      1. The Road of Trials
      2. The Meeting with the Goddess
      3. Woman as the Temptress
      4. Atonement with the Father
      5. Apotheosis
      6. The Ultimate Boon
    III. Return  
      1. Refusal of the Return 
      2. The Magic Flight
      3. Rescue from Without
      4. The Crossing of the Return Threshold
      5. Master of the Two Worlds
      6. Freedom to Live
  Notes on    
Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior   
By Chogyam Trungpa
   
    Chapter 1  
    Chapter 2  
    Chapter 3  
    Chapter 4  
    Chapter 5  
    Chapter 6  
    Chapter 7  
    Chapter 8  
    Chapter 9  
    Summary  
  Notes on    
The Female Hero in American and British Literature    
By Carol Pearson and Katherine Pope
  For further nothes on this text, please see Packet 2 of Semester 1
    Chapter 1  
  An Alchemical Illustration    
Inspired by the Work of Chogyam Trungpa
  illustration not yet on site
    Analysis  
  Fairy Tale    
    Analysis  
Packet 2 Cover Letter    
  Notes on     
The Female Hero in American and British Literature    
By Carol Pearson and Katherine Pope
   
  Notes on     
The Origins and History of Consciousness     
by Erich Neumann
  For further notes on this text, please see Packet 3 of Semester 1
    A. Creation Myth  
      I.  Uroboros 
      II.  The Great Mother
      III.  Separating the World Parents
    B: The Hero Myth   
      I. The Birth of the Hero
    A Digression: Masculinity and the Male Group  
      II. The Slaying of the Mother
      III. The Slaying of the Father
Packet 3 Cover Letter    
  Notes on     
The Origins and History    
of Consciousness   
by Erich Neumann
   
    Section C: The Transformation Myth  
      Part I. The Captive and the Treasure
      Part II. Transformation, or Osiris
  Speculations; A Summary    
  Notes on Washing Dishes    
       
       
Packet 4 Cover Letter  
Three Alchemical Illustrations illustrations not yet on site
Krishna and Arjuna
Packet 5 Cover Letter    
  Notes on Siddhartha; or   
An Exercise in the Law of Alternation
   
  Symbols in Siddhartha    
    Govinda  
    Kamala / Young Siddhartha  
    Vasudeva / The River   
    Kamala's Bird  
    The Two Dreams  
  Siddhartha as the Hero    
  Explaining the Chart   chart not yet on site
Semester Evaluation      
 
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