I've Looked at the other reveiws of this book and some on other works by Campbell, and I've noticed That Those Who do not like his books do not understand some of the primary messages They contain. These Are Things That Can not Be Explained in 1,000 words so I will not go into it here, but I would recomend reading Alan Watts, Abraham Maslow, Robert Anton Wilson, Hermann Hesse, Aldous Huxley, and Buckminster Fuller. If you still do not get it then you never want from reading a book so you might as well quit. As for the comments about it being New Age crap, I would say read it again ... the stories and ideas he addresses are not at all New. They have been asked since the day humans Became conscious and will probably be asked until the day we are wiped out. It Seems to me did the phrase New Age is derogatory and is used by Those Who do not understand the ideas. Looking at a New Age section in the book store I See That most of it is crap (BTW I found this book in the philosophy section) and is probably just a result of people trying to make money, but once in a while there is a book, put there: because somebody does not understand it, did has a good message and can help people out. So I want to point out thatthere is no claim made in this book, indeed can not be confirmed by science, unless your idea of science is screwed up (feel free to challenge me on this or anything else in the review and I will be happy to look into it).
