Tenet 5: Myth is Medicine, the Storyteller is the Courier
A week after the storytelling, a father phoned me with a mythic birth announcement! It was the first time I’d ever heard birth story in mythic terms instead of medical jargon.
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Percival, The Creator
by Nicole Green, Birth Story Listener During The Birth Story School’s Summer Semester, “The Language of Healing: Symbols, Images, Myths, and Metaphors,” I had the privilege of taking a deeper …
Celebrating the Great Mother–Everyday
A few days ago, beneath the towering mulberry tree in my yard was a small scallop shell left from a repotting, and next to it, a tiny broken finch eggshell. …
No More “Corn Cakes” for Cerberus
The mythopoetic inquiry is a narrative of the imagination which mirrors an alternate story that dwells beneath consciousness. In that space we create the story as we are living it, …
Revive the Tradition of Winter Storytelling with Soup
This winter, give your loved ones a memorable and traditional gift: a Great Story and Soup. For centuries, before the 1960s brought the television into our private homes to entertain …
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Advent & The Nativity: A Birth Seed
Being born into a Catholic family, traditional stories and rituals played a significant role in forming this human’s dream of the world—and of birth. Among my favorite memories as child …
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