
I TELL FAIRY TALES AND I SPEAK ABOUT THEIR RELEVANCE
to the spells and enchantments of real life.
Spells in Fairy Tales
In this three-part series with Hannah Custis of the Immanence Journal (Spring 2017 edition) I discuss what fairy tales can tell us about how we come under spells in life. You can view the first interview here, and you can access the other two interviews (as well as all the other wonderful articles in the journal) for a nominal subscription fee. http://immanencejournal.com/
Hannah's Reflection
Encounters
Listen to an intimate conversation with Toko-pa Turner, a gifted dreamworker and author of Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home. Weaving our way through the story of The Briar Rose, Toko-pa and I discussed the subject of exile and the ‘dark gift’ of suffering and loss.
An Interview at the Creativity Café
Katie Curtin, who founded the Creativity Café, interviewed me on the healing power of fairy tales.
An Interview at the Creativity Café
Meet Michelle Tocher
An itroduction to Michelle Tocher and her work with myth and fairy tales.
The Healing Power of Fairy Tales
I heard this song in a dream. It was sung by a five-year-old girl from Asia who had learned it from her mother. She had come to North America to live with adoptive parents, but she had not forgotten her mother’s song. When she began to sing in her sweet, bell-like voice, her mother appeared in the background, and she started to sing with her, and then voices poured in from all parts of the world, singing this beautiful song.
Real Imagination
Michelle talks about the uses of imagination, and compares them to two types of “wands”.
Seeing with New Eyes
How fairy tales can change the way we look at the world, and experience not only human, but non human points of view.
Fate and Fairy Tales
An exploration of the relationship between fairy tales and fate, and an invitation to look “between the lines.”
Breaking Spells
How fairy tales can become guides to breaking spells and re-inspiriting life.
Rapunzel
Michelle briefly relates the classic story Rapunzel to illustrate how the elements of the story speak to our deeper narratives.
Dame Gothel in Real Life
A glimpse into the role Dame Gothel plays in Rapunzel, and the way that relationship plays out in life.
Towers in Real Life
Michelle talks about how the story of Rapunzel changed the way she saw towers in the world.