From AudioFile
This series of lectures about myths, symbols and the divine will thrill any Joseph Campbell devotee. The late literature professor's down-home approach to mythology is entertaining, insightful and frequently iconoclastic. His storytelling is brilliant and often funny, but the series is not without blemishes. Campbell's rambling style and abstract content can be overwhelming for some listeners, and his anti-Judeo-Christian prejudice off-putting. Taped before a live audience, the program has variable audio quality as Campbell moves around. In spite of the historical importance of the tapes, no data is provided about where and when the lectures occurred. S.E.S. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Never before on audio and authorized by the Joseph Campbell Foundation, here is Volume Five of what will be a 40-hour series. These are the key lectures that Campbell kept in his study and used as the basis for later lectures on myth, symbolism, and spiritual awakening. Powerful and provocative, this program contains "Interpreting Symbolic Forms", "On the Experience of God", "Mythic Visions", "The Romantic Impulse", and "Imagination and Inquiry".

FROM THE CRITICS

AudioFile - Steven E. Steinbock