Robert A. Segal is Professor of Theories of Religion at Lancaster University. He previously taught at Reed College, Standford University, University of Pittsburgh and Tulane University. He is the author of, among other books," Joseph Campbell: An Introduction" (1987), "Theorizing About Myth "(1999), and editor of" Jung on Mythology" (1998), "In Quest of the Hero" (1990), and "The Myth and Ritual Theory" (Blackwell Publishers, 1998). He is also the European Editor of the journal "Religion,