Mythology
Cultivate a sense of mystery. I think, as women grow older, that we miss mystery and we miss magic. But deep down, part of us knows that mystery still exists, and that it’s not out of reach. The part of us that can’t sleep properly when the moon is full, that stands on the seashore at sunrise, singing to seals. The part of us that yearns to set off... See more
Dr Sharon Blackie • A manifesto for thriving at midlife
Myths are an essential part of this ‘making of humans’ — they contextualise our existence and give us psychological coherence.
Alexander Beiner • Traversing the Underworld: What Myth can Teach us During the Pandemic
Another useful way to speak of soul is as story. Psychologist Jean Houston, for example, speaks of the larger story each person is born to live. This larger story — much deeper than your prosaic personal history — expresses the ultimate meaning of your life, its true significance, in the same way a myth communicates truth or gnosis. To be living th
... See moreBill Plotkin • Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World
all cultures have created stories to help us grapple with, and ultimately map, the chaos into which we are thrown at birth;
Jordan B. Peterson • 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Our own lives are stories that we write from day to day; they are journeys through the dark of the fairy tale woods. The tales of previous travellers through the woods are passed down to us in the poetic, symbolic language of folklore and myth; where we step, someone has stepped before, and their stories can help light the way.”
Ember Grant • Mythology for a Magical Life: Stories, Rituals & Reflections to Inspire Your Craft
start tracking the process in a journal where you record and process your transformations. In the journal, ask what the central elements of your old myth are. Who are you? How do you see yourself? How do others (family, friends, coworkers) see you? What is the creation myth of you?
Matthew Baker • The Way of the Mystic-Wizard: A Guidebook for Creating a Nondual Shamanic Spiritual Practice
Fairy tales, myths, and stories provide understandings which sharpen our sight so that we can pick out and pick up the path left by the wildish nature. The instruction found in story reassures us that the path has not run out, but still leads women deeper, and more deeply still, into their own knowing. The tracks we all are following are those of t
... See moreDr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés • Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
We are narrative creatures, hardwired for story. We make sense of the world, from childhood onward, through the stories we find — or the stories that find us. They are the stars we navigate by; they bring us the wisdom we need to thrive.
Sharon Blackie • Wise Women: Myths and Stories for Midlife and Beyond
Beyond the Mythteller there is only the story—the story you are living, the story you are leaving, and the story you yearn to be.