Rites of passage Archives

The lizard in the fire The Lizard in the Fire Chapters

The Lizard in the Fire. Chapter 1 A story of cleaving to our spouse. Audio version.

29 November 2020 Sam Sleeman 1153 Views 0 Comments Finding what we are capable off, for storytellers, Gender based violence, lizard in the fire, loss of soul, Rites of passage, soul retrieval

A story about relationships and marriage. What we have to die to, to make the relationship work. What we have to Cleave to. What does the Lizard represent and why does it have to die? or does it? What is the fire the community? built

Iron John Chapters

Iron John Chapter 12 Finding the Gold in our hands “When a finger turns to Gold”

26 July 2020 Sam Sleeman 1163 Views 1 Comment conscious initiation, for storytellers, From the Vision Quest book, How do we know when our first lesson is over?, Laurence van der Post “the Heart of the Hunter”, missing fathers., Rites of passage, This first stage at the pond, Turning your fingers your hands into Gold, What does this mean – to turn our finger, What happens to the sons? What happens to the world?, WHEN FATHER-ING IS ABSENT

When we discover our own internal Gold and that our hands can bring fourth Gold into this world, Our finger will turn to Gold.

Rites of passage

A deeper look at Jack the Beanstalk and Iron John for our youth.

20 March 2020 Sam Sleeman 2513 Views abandoning our soul, building community, Castle Quo, child, child redemption, children, dealing with giants, educating children, empowerment, enriched, father redemption, feminine, Finding what we are capable off, for storytellers, forgetting who we are, giants, healing and sovereignty, killing giants, life's purpose, masculine, missing fathers., purpose, Redemption, Rites of passage, Sacrifice, secrets, Status quo, weaklings

Across space and across time, between here and Castle Quo (read the status quo) – I hear the anguished cries of women and children; I hear the complaints of men, I hear the cries of our planet, the spaceship earth…

Essays Rites of passage

Rites of passage. The importance for our youth.

9 June 2019 Sam Sleeman 895 Views 0 Comments empowerment, Finding what we are capable off, initiation, purpose, Rites of passage

In modern times the “old ways” are glaringly absent, dismissing indigenous old ways as superstition or primitive, having little relevance to an automated life prescribed by consumerism.

Guiding Philosophy

Myths promise us our spiritual inheritance.

21 May 2019 Sam Sleeman 2463 Views 0 Comments eternal, eternity, initiation, Myth, our own center, Rites of passage, time

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.