Consciousness & Spirituality, Story-Telling & Narrative
Coppicing the Hero’s Journey Arthurian Legends, Fairytales, and Animism
Rewilding Mythology Talk with Sophie Strand
This is part of advaya’s course: Rewilding Mythology with Sophie Strand.
Thursday 15th December 2022, 5:00pm–7:00pm UK Time Zoom
Our bodies are composed of more bacterial cells than human cells. There are miles of mycelial fungi in a teaspoon of dirt. Resilient ecosystems are resilient in that they are home to many different species. While monomyths like the hero’s journey have long been popular, they are no longer suited to the moral and scientific complexity of extinction, ecocide, and climate change. Monologue will not save us. But polyphonic – multi-voiced – storytelling might open up adjacent possibilities. How can we rewild the Arthurian myths, turning a collection of monologue-ing heroes into a collaborative ecology of differences?
Thursday 15th December 2022, 5:00pm–7:00pm UK Time Zoom
Rewilding Mythology
Sophie Strand #
Sophie is a writer based in the Hudson Valley who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling, & ecology. But it would probably be more authentic to call her a neo-troubadour animist with a propensity to spin yarns that inevitably turn into love stories. Her first book of essays The Flowering Wand: Lunar Kings, Lichenized Lovers, Transpecies Magicians, and Rhizomatic Harpists Heal the Masculine is forthcoming in 2022. She is currently researching a mythopoetic exploration of ecology and queerness in the medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde.
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