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Sam Sleeman

Sam Sleeman

Shamanic Storyteller

Sam Sleeman

Shamanic Storyteller

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    Myths are intended to break the spell of time and release us from the pressures and limitations of daily life
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    Myth speaks to the extraordinary in us and to the innate nobility of our souls.
  • frog to prince – 2019-11-27-8sec
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    Hearing a mythic story awakens the myth living in each of us.
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    As the story enters us, we enter the timeless territory of myth.
  • prince to king – 2019-11-27-8sec
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    We become mythic again, a knowing participant in our own story and a seeker near its source.
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    For, being in a “mythic condition” allows us to reconnect to the core imagination at the center of our soul.

  • About Sam
    • Sam’s Bio.
    • Testimonials
    • About Storytelling. Why I created this site.
  • Why Storytelling?
    • Story telling, Journeying with Ego to the other world.
    • The Hero’s journey. The journey from head to Heart.
    • Rites of passage
    • Resources for Storytellers
      • Iron John Chapter 00 Before we begin, understanding these stories, as our personal journey, following the signposts left by stories along the way
  • Stories
    • Iron John
      • Iron John Chapter index and Bones
    • Iron John Chapter 008, The Axis Mundi of the world tree, The Star Woman story, and the Parsifal story
    • The parodical King. A story and a prayer for our time.
    • The Devils Sooty Brother. Chapter index and story Bones
    • The Half Giantess
      • The Half Giantess Bones and Chapter index
    • Jack and the Bean stalk
    • Off with the rats head
      • Off with the Rats head. Bones Chapter 01.
    • The Star Woman
      • The Star Woman Chapter 01 The bones and the Chapter Index
    • The Maiden Czar
    • The Moon Palace
      • The Moon Palace Bones and details
    • The Firebird story.
    • The Frog Bride. a shame.
    • The lizard in the fire
  • Bookshelf
    • Essays
    • Poetry
    • Audio-recordings
    • The apothecary shop of prose. Remedies for unsettled Souls.
    • Reading List.
    • Videos
  • Events
    • Men Standing up.
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Off with the rats head

Off with the Rats head
Off with the Rats head Chapters 

Off with the Rats head. Bones Chapter 01.

2 Oct 201914 Dec 2019 Sam Sleeman 191 Views Acceptance by Priests, acceptance by the boy, acceptance by village, Asking three times for boy to return home, Bones, Boy becomes hair to the throne, bush rat, cast of characters, dreams of elegance, Father and son hunting, father anger, father wound, Journey by a new path, Killing rat, leaving rat, no tracks, off with the Rats head, Old kings mother, priests sons, Raven, rejection of family, slave girls, test of priests, the path less traveled, the proposal by old king, The search of Father for Boy, Three answers by king, Waking up of Father, War Horses, watchmen

Here are the Bones and details for Off with the rats head.

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Off with the Rats head Chapters 

Off with the Rats Head. Narrative. Chapter 02

2 Oct 201914 Dec 2019 Sam Sleeman 186 Views boy, death., decision, father, for storytellers, Green place, journey, King, mother, off with the Rats head, priests, priests sons, slave girls, sword, The Hero's Journey, the rat, watchmen, who must die, why storytelling

A King making story in the four masculine archetypes. How we can go from boyhood to kingship. What we have to let go of to be a king.

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Recent Posts

  • The maiden King Roberty Bly and Marion Woodman’s version Chapter 3
  • The Maiden Czar Chapter 02
  • The lizard in the fire Narrative, Michael Meade’s version
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  • Violence in our land, Where is our outrage??

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The Maiden Czar Chapters

  • The Maiden Czar or the Pin Chapter 01
  • The maiden King Roberty Bly and Marion Woodman’s version Chapter 3
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