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Sam Sleeman

Shamanic Storyteller

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

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About Sam
- Sam Sleeman’s contact information.
- About Sam, his Bio, The image. Morphing from a Frog into a Prince. “Quotes” from Michel Meade. Why Poetry. Why Stories.
Rites of passage
- An Index of posts on this site, that explain why Rites of Passage are important.
Stories
- Index of stories on this site.
Bookshelf
- Bibliography
- An index of the audio recordings on the site.
Poetry
- List of Poems on this site.
- The apothecary shop of prose. Remedies for unsettled Souls.
Events
- Finding your still place. Look here.
Gallery
Essays
An introduction to commentaries on the Iron John story.
- For Story Tellers The Bones of the Story
Commentaries on the Iron John Story
Iron John. The 2nd Part.

Bones

Iron John Chapter index and Bones

2 February 2020 Sam Sleeman 2397 Views Bones, Chapters, for storytellers, Iron John

Chapter headings for the Iron John Story and the bones that go with that.

The Star Woman Chapters

The Star Woman Chapter 01 The bones and the Chapter Index

24 December 2019 Sam Sleeman 1552 Views 1 Comment Bones, break up, cast of characters, climbing, falling to our death, fantasy, garage room, land lady, leaving, putting women in the bottle, story details, the blood mysteries of the feminine, the Star woman, three drops of blood, unfriend, uninitiated man, warning, women's anger

Starwoman story. How we put women in the bottle.

Resources for Storytellers

Working with stories 101.

4 October 2019 Sam Sleeman 1338 Views Bones, characters, details, ego, for storytellers, geography, Joseph Campbell, monomyth, narrative, psychodynamic, storyboard, storytelling tradition, The Hero's Journey

For those wishing to deepen their understanding of these stories some guidelines and Hacks, tips anyway.

Off with the Rats head

Off with the Rats head Chapters

Off with the Rats head. Bones Chapter 01.

2 October 2019 Sam Sleeman 1282 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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