Tracked this down because of Peter Lamborn Wilson's references to the "strange lectures" given by Smith. Harry Smith was a student of Paul Radin, who has written several well-received books on Native American myth. In this talk Smith attempts to recount ceremonies he attended in the 1940's based on his own admittedly cloudy memory and capricious interest: "the ideas are going to be somewhat disjointed..." He manages a few interesting comments, but the talk is fairly plodding, unfocused, and tangential (and not in any particularly interesting way). "the sticks, the bird, the four-part thing to pull on" 2 framerAte 2006-03-06 05:01:54 2006-03-06 05:01:54 seems about an hour long. the students in audience have good fun with him. the magic's in the man not the words thepalebright 2008-01-23 21:01:22 2008-01-23 21:01:22 4 2 3.00