pt. 1: The seven gateways to the underworld. Prologue to part one
The monster (II) and the thrilling escape from death
Comedy (II) : the plot disguised
Tragedy (I) : the five stages
Tragedy (II) : the divided self
Tragedy (III) : the hero as monster
The dark power : from shadow into light
Epilogue to part 1 : the rule of three (the role played in stories by numbers)
pt. 2: The complete happy ending. Prologue to part two
Seeing whole : the feminine and masculine values
The archetypal family drama (continued)
pt. 3: Missing the mark. The ego takes over (I) : enter the dark inversion
The ego takes over (II) : the dark and sentimental versions
The ego takes over (III) : quest, voyage and return, comedy
The ego takes over (IV) : tragedy and rebirth
Losing the plot : Thomas Hardy, a case history
Going nowhere : the passive ego : the twentieth-century dead end, from Chekhov to Close encounters
Why sex and violence? : the active ego : the twentieth-century obsession : from de Sade to The terminator
Rebellion against "the one" : from Job to Nineteen eighty-four
The riddle of the sphinx : Oedipus and Hamlet
pt. 4: Why we tell stories. Telling us who we are : ego versus instinct
Into the real world : the ruling consciousness
Of gods and men : reconnecting with "the one"
The age of Loki : the dismantling of the self
Epilogue : the light and the shadows on the wall
