Wonder
When we open ourselves up to Mythic Imagination, we can see not only the essence of our inner stories but also the deeper meaning underlying the events that have shaped our lives. The workshop is inspired by the uniqueness and integrity of your stories, which, through your imagination and the surfacing of archetypal images, are transformed into origin myth, resulting in the birth of a new personal cosmos.
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The Yarn in the Jar
Not the images we consume every day, but the ones that emerge from somewhere deeper—fleeting impressions, forgotten memories, fragments that linger beneath the surface of ordinary life. In this workshop, participants are invited to listen for these subtle signals and explore the symbolic landscape from which stories are born.
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Protostory
⊐⨀ We all carry moments that marked a beginning.
A first encounter. A discovery. A loss. A revelation. Participants revisit an experience that transformed their relationship with the world, however small or profound. These personal memories become the raw material for a shared process of storytelling, reflection, and imagination.
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Archetypes
The explorer, the creator, the lover, the rebel, the sage. Archetypes are not roles to perform but living forces that help us navigate the unknown. Through images, symbols, and conversation, participants discover the characters already moving through their own narratives.
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From Chaos to Cosmos
Images become stories. Stories become constellations. Individual experiences weave together into a collective mythology that belongs to the group and to the moment that created it. What begins as uncertainty slowly reveals its own hidden order—a journey from chaos to cosmos.
Mythic Journey
Myths are human truths. For literally thousands of years they have inspired artists, poets, states people, historians, teachers, parents, children, indeed, all people who are moved by story. As opposed to lecturing at people, myths entice and enchant, instill wonder and delight, help to cope with loss, in short: they are narrative maps helping people to navigate the journey of their lives. And because they are formed of metaphor and filled with poetic insight, they are an integral part of teaching people to think creatively and critically. In a world where young people are bombarded with media and consumerist messages at every turn, myths can help them to think for themselves, to pierce beyond the veil of symbolic narratives, help them better discern lives of quality and delight for themselves, their families, and the societies that they themselves will grow up to shape.
– Ari Berk
There was a muddy centre before we breathed.
There was a myth before the myth began,
Venerable and articulate and complete.