Series ✦ Penny’s Take
Saga
Jonathan Young · 1995
73/100
👍 Worth It
A genuinely distinguished roster — Toni Morrison, Ursula K. Le Guin, James Hillman, Clarissa Pinkola Estés — assembled into the only regularly published anthology in mythology and ritual studies, and Publishers Weekly and Library Journal both called it significant. The Jungian frame narrows the audience and the breadth of contributors creates uneven depth across essays, but readers who want this material will find real substance here. Faith-conservative readers should know all traditions are treated as culturally equivalent.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: comparative religion framing treats all traditions as equally valid · Jungian/depth psychology may challenge orthodox perspectives. We still scored it 73; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety72
Substance / usefulness75
Craft & writing76
Originality62
Evidence & accuracy70
Hype vs delivers71
Age-fit82
👁 Human-eye gut-check77
Penny’s verdict73
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