Story as Transformer

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”—Albert Einstein

All the stories, including your own, are on the Hero/ine’s Wheel. Stories are gifts from our ancestors so you might know where you are, and what you should do. Dreams are also a Gate In to your transformation story.

  • Back to the Sun

Encountering the Matron and the Maid

Photo by Javier Saint Jean on Unsplash For All Hallows , I wrote about a series of encounters with the archetypal energy [...]

Encountering the Matron and the Maid2023-11-08T22:35:30+00:00
  • Green Mountain

A Story that Saved my Life

In the 2022 cycle of the Hero/Heroine's journey at Home Again Nancy King commented that she had never been Home until now. I am [...]

A Story that Saved my Life2023-04-12T16:35:22+00:00
  • Gate In, Arch

The Return of Selkie Boy

In the Hero/Heroine’s Journey the Return is a time of integration on many levels. Jon Wiley offers a new perspective as his Return proves [...]

The Return of Selkie Boy2023-04-06T22:32:59+00:00
  • Ocean

Nigredo: Ocean of Darkness, Ocean of Light

In this year’s cycling through the stages of the Hero/Heroines’ Journey we come again to the Nigredo – the place of transformation. I believe [...]

Nigredo: Ocean of Darkness, Ocean of Light2023-01-27T21:52:30+00:00
  • Scot Pin on Stewart Plaid Rose

My Heroine’s Journey on the Red River of Grace

A Call to radically change my external life led to a month-long Heroine’s Journey. My task was to distribute the accumulation of two busy, [...]

My Heroine’s Journey on the Red River of Grace2023-01-27T21:52:33+00:00
  • Red House Ice Mountain

White Bear King Valemon and the Road of Trials

I asked JacquieLawson.com if I might use Bev Pask-Hughes’ painting for this blog because of three things: the love of adventure in the woman, [...]

White Bear King Valemon and the Road of Trials2022-09-10T22:34:33+00:00
  • Clootie Tree Kildare

Call … to Pilgrimage

People talk about “Finding my Calling.” It takes paying attention and deep listening to hear any Call, and then follow the Call into action. [...]

Call … to Pilgrimage2022-09-10T20:25:11+00:00
  • Berlin 1816 Karl Friedrich Schinkel Queen of Night

At Home with Sumerian Threshold Goddesses

Why care about the first story ever told? The culture that told it was undergoing immense change, like ours. The threshold goddesses are day/air [...]

At Home with Sumerian Threshold Goddesses2023-01-27T21:52:35+00:00

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