Stephen and Robin Larsen, authors of A Fire in the Mind, the authorized biography of their friend Joseph Campbell, explore man-woman relationships, questing for the answer to the timeless question, "What do couples really want?"

The Larsens look to ancient wisdom -- the realm of mythology -- to solve the relationship riddle. Storytelling artists, they underline the powerful messages in the myths, folktales, and fairytales described in the book, stories that help heal wounds of gender wars. Experiential exercises the Larsens have developed deepen couples' spiritual bonds.

Readers "eavesdrop" on issues in the Larsens' own marriage; their dialogs about their own relating process bring passion and intimacy to the book.

Stephen and Robin Larsen have been lecturing and giving workshops together worldwide since the 1970s. Co-directors of the Center for Symbolic Studies in New Paltz, New York, they focus on personal mythology, shamanism, and the creative imagination through their own male-female dialog. Stephen is the author of The Mythic Imagination and The Shaman's Doorway.