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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.

One lifetime as a limitation to understanding

Iron John Chapters Resources for Story Tellers Posts

Iron John Chapter 00 As we begin, understanding the first line of the story.

28 June 2020 Sam Sleeman 1495 Views 4 Comments “Once upon a time”, A story for both men and women, Before we begin, Metaphor gives the happenings some context, One lifetime as a limitation to understanding, Some parts of this story happen outside our physical world, Stories need the skill of a storyteller to give them context, The Castle and the enormous Forest as duality, The downside of the castle, The enormus forest, The Feminine drives the story forward, The geography of a story, the Mystical marriage, The psychodynamics of the story, The shamanic way, The stone castle, The union of Ego and Soul, To the extent that we describe Ego as He, To understand the intent of the story we must look at the ending, Who within us is listening?

An introduction to storytelling, understanding Rite of passage stories, and some possible meanings of rite of these stories.

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