Bob Walter is the President and Executive Director of the Joseph Campbell Foundation. In 1979 Bob began working with Joseph Campbell, who subsequently named him editorial director of his Historical Atlas of World Mythology. Following Campbell's death in 1987, Bob served as literary executor of his estate, completing and publishing portions of his Historical Atlas. When the Joseph Campbell Foundation was formed in 1990, he was named executive director. As executive editor of the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell, he continues to oversee the production of Campbell's oeuvre, and is project director of both the video series Joseph Campbell's Mythos and the Joseph Campbell Audio Collection. Over the years, Bob has presented papers and seminars on several continents at numerous colleges, universities, and at such venues as the New York Open Center, the Aspen Institute, Esalen Institute, the Smithsonian Institution and for two Parliaments of Worlds Religions.

Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D. is the founding President of Pacifica Graduate Institute and a licensed clinical psychologist. Dr. Aizenstat's original research centers on a psychodynamic process of "tending the living image," particularly in the context of dreamwork. He has conducted dreamwork seminars for more than 25 years throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. He recently recorded "DreamTending," a six-cassette series of audiotapes released by Sounds True. Other publications include: "Dreams are Alive" in Depth Psychology: Meditations in the Field and "Nature Dreaming: Jungian Psychology and the World Unconscious" in Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind.

Richard Buchen is Special Collections Librarian for Pacifica Graduate Institute for the Joseph Campbell and Marija Gimbutas Library, and curates the collections of Joseph Campbell, archaeomythologist Marija Gimbutas, psychologist James Hillman, Jungian analysts Joseph and Jane Hollister Wheelwright, and archetypal astrologer Tony Joseph. He received his degree in Library Science with a concentration in Rare Books at UCLA. He has worked with rare book and manuscript collections at the Newberry Library in Chicago, the Huntington Library in San Marino, and the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, where he dealt extensively with Native American materials. Lectures he has given include "Joseph Campbell's Writings on War and the Mythologies of War and Peace," given at a program sponsored by Pacifica Graduate Institute and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.

Phil Cousineau is a writer, filmmaker, photographer, and adventure tour leader. He is the author or editor of eighteen books, including The Olympic Odyssey: Rekindling the True Spirit of the Great Games, The Way Things Are: Conversations with Huston Smith on the Spiritual Life, Once and Future Myths, Soul Moments, and The Art of Pilgrimage. He has also written or co-written fourteen documentary films, which have won more than twenty-five international awards. His film credits include: The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on his Life and Work, Ecological Design: Inventing the Future, A Seat at the Table: Struggling for American Indian Religious Freedom, and the Academy-Award nominated Forever Activists: Stories from the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.

Jean Houston, Ph.D. is the author of many books, including A Mythic Life, The Possible Human, The Search for the Beloved, and A Passion for the Possible. An internationally renowned scholar, philosopher, and teacher, Dr. Houston is the co-director of the Foundation for Mind Research in Ashand. She has two schools, The Mystery School, now in its 21st year, and The School for Social Artists. She has served in the field in many countries as a consultant to UNICEF and other international agencies. Presently, she is working with the United Nations Development Program throughout the world re-educating leadership in social artistry. For more information on Jean Houston's work visit www.jeanhouston.org.

David Miller, Ph.D. is a core faculty member at Pacifica Graduate Institute and the Watson-Ledden Professor of Religion, Emeritus, at Syracuse University. His teaching and writing are in the areas of Religion and Myth, Depth Psychology, and Literary Theory. He is the author of more than sixty articles and book chapters, as well as five books. The books include: Gods and Games: Towards a Theology of Play, The New Polytheism: Rebirth of the Gods and Goddesses, Christs: Archetypal Images in Christian Theology, Three Faces of God, and Hells and Holy Ghosts. He is also the editor of Interpretation: The Poetry of Meaning and Jung and The Interpretation of the Bible.

Dennis Patrick Slattery, Ph.D. is a core faculty member in the Mythological Studies Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute. He is the author of The Idiot: Dostoevsky's Fantastic Prince, The Wounded Body: Remembering the Markings of Flesh, and a recent book of poems, Casting the Shadows. He is co-editor, with Lionel Corbett, of Depth Psychology: Meditations in the Field and Psychology at the Threshold. His forthcoming book is Grace in the Desert: Awakening to the Gifts of Monastic Life, which will be published by Josey-Bass in March 2004.

Nancy Cater, M.S.W., J.D., PhD is the owner and editor of Spring: A Journal of Archetype and Culture, the oldest Jungian-based psychology journal in the world. She is the Assistant Director of the Assisi Foundation, which studies Jung and the new sciences, and the author of Electra: Tracing a Feminine Myth through the Western Imagination. Nancy lives in New Orleans and practiced law for fifteen years before receiving her Ph.D. in Mythological Studies from Pacifica. She is currently selecting manuscripts about archetypal psychology and mythology to be published in a book series through Spring Journal.

Ramona Rubio, Ph.D. was inspired to attend Pacifica Graduate Institute after seeing the PBS documentary on Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth. After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of La Verne, Ramona went on to receive her Ph.D. in Mythological Studies from Pacifica. As an adjunct professor at the Art Institute at California-Los Angeles, Ramona draws on her dissertation, Natives of a New Skinscape: Tattoos as Cultural Coding, to teach Cultural Anthropology. She uses the scripted skin—tattooed, pierced, and purposely scarred—as a portal into diverse cultures where students learn about myths, rituals, and sacred principles.

Richard Stromer, Ph.D. recently completed his doctorate in Mythological Studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute. The work of Joseph Campbell figured prominently in his dissertation, Faith in the Journey: Personal Mythology as Pathway to the Sacred. He directs Soul Mentor, a counseling service based in Berkeley, California, that helps people explore and expand their personal mythologies for the purposes of psychological and spiritual development. As a part of his mythwork counseling practice, he also provides archetypally-based astrological readings. For more information on his work visit www.personalmyths.com.

James T. Brady III is Assistant Headmaster and teacher at Santa Barbara Middle School, where he teaches human geography, mathematics, and conflict resolution, is the 8th grade dean, and heads the Outdoor/Experiential Education Program. He has 28 years experience in educational administration and instruction. James is Co-Founder of Educational Safaris in Santa Barbara, an organization which designs international cross-cultural educational curriculum.

Maren Hansen is a Unitarian Universalist minister, a marriage and family therapist, and author of MotherMysteries, a book exploring the mythic/personal dimensions of pregnancy and childbirthing. Maren is a founding board member of the Joseph Campbell and Marija Gimbutas Library and Archives. Her current doctoral research is developing and testing a curriculum for teaching myth to adolescents for the purpose of stimulating psychological development.

Gerald McDermott has created many beautiful picture books during his long career. His rare ability to evoke the power of myth through simple language and brilliant art has garnered him a large international following and many honors, among them a Caldecott medal for Arrow to the Sun and Caldecott Honors for Raven and Anansi the Spider. His most recent book is Creation. Gerald is a Joseph Campbell Foundation Fellow. For more information, visit www.geraldmcdermott.com.