Edge Exploration : Storytelling

An ancient Norse tale to help us in see our relationships with ourselves and loved ones differently

For this month we are offering a folk tale that we hope you can take something valuable from. Whether it’s entertainment, insight or something to ponder.
As mentioned in the recording, I have been inoculated with this story three times in the last seven months or so through Aaron Cantor, Martin Shaw and Robert Bly which all have beautiful versions of this story. I cannot recommend you enough to check them out.
I loved the feminine wisdom in it and my ruminations took me even into giving a try at creating my own extended version of it in writing in four parts.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4

My intention was to get closer to the way humans have experienced stories in a campfire atmosphere (which of course cannot surpass a live session) and then in a Martin’s Shaw fashion, to feed the story with how it lands with us, whom we identify with, which symbols become salient and how we relate to them.

In the first part you will find the story of Prince Lindworm where a shepherd’s daughter seems to be the unlikely heroin that can re-establish peace in the kingdom by marrying the outcast and disgruntled giant snake/prince.

In the second part we have a conversation and explore the different themes that the Prince Lindworm evokes.

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Next session will be Wednesday 13th and in the meantime if you wish to join us for Dialectic into Dialogos session where we explore our personal definitions of Ancient Greek virtues please join us here every Wednesday at 9pm-10.30PM CET (beginners are welcome).

In Philia

André (on behalf of iuni sanctuary)