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Moon Over Morocco

A Jack Flanders Adventure

In Moon Over Morocco, Jack Flanders travels to Tangiers because he feels the area holds something primitive, something vital that has been lost in the West.

What he finds among the mint beds and tangerine-scented winds of Tangiers is adventure, mystery and a crash course in elementary theosophy. Guided, and at times confounded, by expatriate philosophers and native Berber mystics, Jack searches for the fabled holy city of Masamouda.

Of course, once he's able to leap into a higher plane to seek the city, Jack finds himself in possession of the missing capstone of the Great Pyramid and things begin to get complicated.

Moon over Morocco is the second audio drama in the Jack Flanders adventure series by the ZBS Foundation. For over 25 years, this non- profit group has been creating complex sound fantasies which explore the depths of theosophy, mysticism and man's view of his reality. The result is a collection of tales that can be appreciated on a number of levels.

Students of theosophy will find themselves nodding knowingly as the characters converse about Pythagorean philosophy and techniques of meditation, projection and travel between the planes. Liberally peppered with Berber proverbs, local color and Moroccan culture, the drama offers listeners a view into another world.

Writer Meatball Fulton's knowledge of theosophy and mysticism is one of his greatest strengths in scripting the Jack Flanders series. Experienced mystics will find the stories refreshingly free of the misinformation and philosophical errors which often mar works of a similar nature. Meanwhile, those who have never heard of theosophy will find themselves hungering for more information as the theme music fades.

However, the thing that makes all ZBS productions truly unique is the staff's lengthy experience in radio and attention to quality and detail. Nowhere is this more clearly shown than in Moon Over Morocco.

Before typing the first word of the script, Fulton traveled to Morocco to bring back a firm foundation for the drama's sound. Armed with recording equipment, he captured the sounds of the country and its people in gloriously realistic detail. When listening to Moon Over Morocco, the audience gets the true feel of each setting. The street sounds of Tangiers and Marrakech, the music of the Berbers as they revel in their trance dances, even the tunes on the radio are genuine, recorded live especially for this project.

Only after these sounds had been captured did Fulton begin to weave the tale of Jack Flander's search for the fabled holy city of Masamouda around them. The result is remarkable, a genuinely realistic tale of a mystical quest into other realms.

On another level, listening to Moon Over Morocco is just plain fun. The characters are brilliantly brought to life by a cast of talented actors and the story is both educational and entertaining. And throughout it all you hear the haunting piano performances of George Schutz and the original music of Tim Clark.

The result is a brilliant merger of romance, mysticism and film noir that the whole family can enjoy together while gathering around the stereo and allowing the images to form in their minds.

If this sounds like a lot of information to pack into one story, well, it is. Moon Over Morocco provides listeners with 10 hours of entertainment and a lifetime of things to think about.

It is available from ZBS Foundation on seven cassette tapes or eight CDs. For a catalog or more information, call 1-800-662-3345; write ZBS Foundation, RR #1, Ft. Edward, NY 12828-9702; or check out their web site.

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