In his lifelong research Campbell discovered many common patterns running through hero myths and stories from around the world. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The ultimate boon is stage 11 of Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey, from The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Enlightenment. Before the ultimate-boon stage is enlightenment. Joseph Campbell, an American mythological researcher, wrote a famous book entitled . Years of research lead Campbell to discover several basic stages that almost every hero-quest goes through (no matter what culture the myth is a part of). Joseph Campbell first identified and outlined the stages of the hero’s journey in 1949 his book The Hero With a Thousand Faces.He used psychological understandings that were modern at the time in addition to a comparative study of literature across time and culture to create what he and many others have described as the “monomyth” for all heroic narratives. Since its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of modern psychology with Joseph Campbell's revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology. In his lifelong research Campbell discovered many common patterns running through hero myths and stories from around the world. In this book, Campbell outlines the Hero's Journey, a universal motif of adventure and transformation that runs through virtually all of the world's mythic traditions. We’ll cover what the ultimate boon may entail and look at two examples of the ultimate-boon stage of the hero’s journey. THE HERO’S JOURNEY. Years of research lead Joseph Campbell, an American mythological researcher, wrote a famous book entitled The Hero with a Thousand Faces.