“The meeting with the goddess (who is incarnate in every woman) is the final test of the talent of the hero to win the boon of love (charity: amor fati), which is life itself enjoyed as the encasement of eternity.” (99) The meeting with the goddess represents the point in the story when the person has the chance to experience a love that has importance of the all-powerful, all encompassing, unconditional love that a fortunate infant may experience with his or her mother. This is an ideal that is reflected by Sigmund Freud, who is quotes at the beginning if the book this i...