Nature, Story, Other, Organization are like facets of a diamond, like keys to a door.
In each of these areas you’ll find invitations to learn about transformation.
Nature as Transformer
We are part of our planet’s four Elementals, made of the substances of Earth and Water, breathing the Air, created with the sun’s Fire. The natural world constantly is transforming, often being both model and metaphor. Many explorations of this relationship are available to you here.
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.
Organization as Transformer
Organization means “the act or process of organizing, the arranging of parts in an organic whole”. When Others and you are dancing, transforming, you are organizing something into being. or work within it, try to change it, or meet it on its own terms.
Everything is organized, from insects to angels, soil to solar systems. “Organization Development” was my work in large corporations for many years. If we think of really large organizations as giants, the stories tell us that giants have maps, resources, can help you travel fast, and you get them interested by asking the right questions.
Ashes & Smoke
We have been burned, burned by the fire
And we are ashes, ashes and smoke.
But we are rising, higher and higher,
On the wings
Of compassion, justice, and hope.
Linda Allen as taught by Rising Appalachia in a 2019 Great Mother Conference workshop.
Connect
To begin, I’ll share The Hero/Heroine’s Journey—a PDF of the map of transformation. I’ll also share announcements about new material, and a blog from time to time.