Kuwi, your analysis is brilliant, and very interesting. Especially when it comes to steps like Refusal of the Call, Crossing of the First Threshold, and Revolutionize the World. The idea about the hidden world that is mixed with the real world gave me much to think about.
I interpret the Belly of the Whale differently, more like an actual imprisonment, deprivation, depression, or loss of ability or friends. These are also things that are common in stories, that give the protagonist time to think things through, and to come back stronger. One recent example could be in Shinsekai yori, when a monk takes the kid's power. For a long time they run around helpless, and Saki and Satoru are even trapped in a cave, where Saki has a strange vision and realizes how their power can be regained. Other examples could be when the protagonist in Legend of Korra loses and regains her power, when Utena loses a duel and becomes depressed, or when Madoka loses some friends and becomes depressed. In Utena there are probably more examples, like when people take the elevator to the basement, though that doesn't really give them the right kind of spiritual experience.
One could argue that Utena meets The Godess too. Most obviously in the dance scene in the rose garden in the movie.
I have a faint memory about Campbell mentioning something like the Collection of Companions, but maybe it is like you say that it is more pronounced in shoujo stories.
I interpret the Belly of the Whale differently, more like an actual imprisonment, deprivation, depression, or loss of ability or friends. These are also things that are common in stories, that give the protagonist time to think things through, and to come back stronger. One recent example could be in Shinsekai yori, when a monk takes the kid's power. For a long time they run around helpless, and Saki and Satoru are even trapped in a cave, where Saki has a strange vision and realizes how their power can be regained. Other examples could be when the protagonist in Legend of Korra loses and regains her power, when Utena loses a duel and becomes depressed, or when Madoka loses some friends and becomes depressed. In Utena there are probably more examples, like when people take the elevator to the basement, though that doesn't really give them the right kind of spiritual experience.
One could argue that Utena meets The Godess too. Most obviously in the dance scene in the rose garden in the movie.
I have a faint memory about Campbell mentioning something like the Collection of Companions, but maybe it is like you say that it is more pronounced in shoujo stories.