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Quote #7
The problem of the hero going to meet the father is to open his soul beyond terror to such a degree that he will be ripe to understand how the sickening and insane tragedies of this vast and ruthless cosmos are completely validated in the majesty of Being. The hero transcends life with its peculiar blind spot and for a moment rises to a glimpse of the source. He beholds the face of the father, understands —and the two are atoned. (135.2)
Freud was big into killing the father and taking his place, a big sign of transformation. Campbell thinks so too, but he doesn't think that killing him is the way to take his place. Instead, you need to recognize the parts of him that are in you and see that he is the same as you.
Quote #8
This godlike being is a pattern of the divine state to which the human hero attains who has gone beyond the last terrors of ignorance. (138.1)
Terrors are supposed to be childish feelings. And when we grow up, we're not supposed to be scared of monsters in the closet anymore. But those fears are still there. Transformation means not silencing those fears, but understanding that they're a part of the world.
Quote #9
The hero-soul goes boldly in —and discovers the hags converted into goddesses and the dragons into the watchdogs of the gods. (201.2)
Once the hero attains his or her goals, things don't seem quite so scary anymore, and s/he's able to face down those fears more confidently. Even more importantly, s/he starts to understand how those scary things work and see them as a lot more benevolent than they first appeared.