hero - Depth Psychology Alliance2024-03-29T09:28:00Zhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/feed/tag/hero“Casting ReWilding, Permaculture and Mythology” - Willi Paul Interview on Talk Story Radio (12/10/15) +PDF by Julia Widdop, Hosthttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/casting-rewilding-permaculture-and-mythology-willi-paul2015-12-13T14:47:24.000Z2015-12-13T14:47:24.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><br/><span style="color: #333300;" class="font-size-4">“Casting ReWilding, Permaculture and Mythology” - Willi Paul Interview</span> <br/><span style="color: #333300;" class="font-size-4">on Talk Story Radio (12/10/15) +PDF by Julia Widdop, Host</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333300;" class="font-size-3"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2322" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868854631?profile=original" width="505"/></a></span></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9142581463?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Casting ReWilding, Permaculture and Mythology - Willi Paul Interview on Talk Story Radio.pdf</a></p></div>Exploring the Western vs. Indigenous Intersection in Costa Rican Mythology. Conversation with Douglas Williamson, Earth Charter International and Willi Paul, Mythologist. Presented by NewMythologist.chttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/exploring-the-western-vs-indigenous-intersection-in-costa-rican2015-02-16T21:12:17.000Z2015-02-16T21:12:17.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Exploring the Western vs. Indigenous Intersection in Costa Rican Mythology. Conversation with Douglas Williamson, Earth Charter International and Willi Paul, Mythologist. Presented by <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2244" target="blank">NewMythologist.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><a href="http://thecostaricanews.com/fire-mountains-and-earth-shakers-costa-rica-legends-and-myths" target="”blank”">Legend of the Irazú Volcano</a></strong> (Costa Rica)</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Near the city of Cartago, Costa Rica, mighty Irazú stands watch over her domain. As the ancients tell, Irazú was the favorite daughter of a local leader, Aquitaba. The village where they lived was at war with a rival leader, Guarco, who wanted to control the entire valley. Desperate and fearing he would lose, Quitaba took Irazú to the highest peak and offered her in sacrifice to the gods to help him win the battle. As Guarco’s forces close in, Aquitaba called on the spirit of his daughter to help their people. Immediately the mountain where she had died exploded in fire and ash and rained destruction down on Guarco’s warriors. That day, the volcano became known as Irazú - making her unique among her male volcanic counterparts.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: Do you see any creative tension (mixing) between the Indigenous and western cultural myths and rituals in Costa Rica?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: I think its creative tension, definitely tension, as those who are experimenting are trying to compromise different traditions and ways. Sometimes it comes off as authentic, and sometimes as contrived. Don't you find? I think it's good that people are experimenting though. I am skeptical usually, but open to experience always.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: Are there festivals or products that, as you say, create a compromise in the traditions there?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: I sense that there may be some but my feeling is that most of the impetus is coming from outside Costa Rica. It seems to be a kind of tourism. People come here with the desire for a mixing of indigenous and other traditions, but it doesn't seem to be a Costa Rican impulse for the most part. Costa Rica has a very small and poor indigenous population and the average "Western" Costa Rican is much more interested in a typical North American materialist value system and standard of success than with a traditional indigenous value system. There are some pockets where the indigenous worldview crosses over that I've seen, but it's quite rare.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: What are the fundamental mythological concepts of the sustainability movement? Are these shared by all there?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: I'm not sure I am ready or qualified to answer this question. I don't even know if I have a good working definition of what a "mythological concept" is. I can say that there are a lot of mythological bits and pieces within the sustainability movement, many pertaining to Earthrise, Gaia, nature gods, justice, vengeance, cleansing/destruction, and more.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: I like where you are going with this. It seems that you went with symbols of sustainability. If we insert permaculture for sustainability, what do you see? How about the Transition Movement? But, yes, there is a ton of experimenting going down in Gaia!</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: So, I'm still not sure what you mean by "mythological concept". I guess I touched on some concepts before like cleansing/destruction and renewal above. I think these play a strong role in the sustainability movement. I think the concept of paradise, heaven on Earth, Eden, play a role in the movement too. There seems to be an unagreed-upon concept of the ideal that underlies some of the movement. Sadly, much of the sustainability movement is an opposition political position, and so a lot of the concepts that drive the movement are negative reactions to current unacceptable situations. Personally, I prefer to focus on a proactive utopic visioning, rather than a reactive negative motivating.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: Does the <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2229" target="”blank”">hero</a> work at the community level?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: I think this is a great question and would be a lot of fun to map through. Once again, I have to claim insufficient knowledge of the hero archetype and narrative to really answer this question adequately. It seems to me that certainly there are aspects of the hero story that could be transposed onto a community narrative. I do wonder though if there are sufficient individuals who have such a strong community identity to be able to identify themselves as strongly with their community as individuals do with individual heroes. This question arose in the webinar that I attended and I think its well worth exploring more deeply and fits in neatly with a lot of the thinking I am doing about utopic societies.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">I would also like to note that while I think the hero archetype and narrative is something that we all know and appreciate, perhaps it is more useful for us in visioning the future to step away from that narrative in order to increase our collective appreciation of alternative narratives. The hero narrative seems to be the one we always look to for guidance, perhaps because it is the most developed, the most known, the most popular. But, what if we were to change the priority of our narrative desires to creating narratives that viewed "community" as the central character or actor without attaching the narrative structure of the hero to it?</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">I think this utopic visioning needs to see community as having its own narrative, detached from the hero story. I think this is what the Earth Charter tries to envision, as do stories and philosophies expounded in enlightenment political philosophy like The Social Contract, and stories including Utopia, Erewhon, and Ecotopia. Granted, these narratives, as well as all of the dystopias, are in some ways criticisms of present (or contemporary) communal rules and mores. These kinds of narratives are emerging all over the place, although they are presented in small bits and as criticism of certain aspects of contemporary society. I have been seeing a lot of the tiny house stories of late, and these seem to be one example of the emerging or reemerging narrative that speaks to lifestyle and community. The off-grid energy narrative is another. Any you are attracted to?</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: How is Nature viewed in Costa Rica? By tourists? Locals? Business?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: Interestingly nature in Costa Rica is viewed by many as recreational and commercial (tourism). There is a decent segment of society here that reveres the natural world on a spiritual level, myself included, but those are less numerous. The Costa Rican identity is in flux at the moment and the nature aspect of it is pretty strong, although superficial too.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: Can you name some of the "flux forces?"</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: The flux forces here are the economy and materialism. Costa Rica is a country in transition. It is a middle class country with aspirations to be materially rich like the USA. The economic transition here is driving many towards materialistic values, although politically, the country understands better than most the value of nature and preservation. Still, there is, in my view, a perspective dichotomy among Costa Ricans between material aspirations and appreciation of nature. The material aspirations are favored over nature connection and as the economy creates greater differences between wealthy and poor, and the middle class is reduced, the value system will be ever more favorable towards the material and against the spiritual and natural.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: Is <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1367" target="”blank”">localization</a> a viable strategy there? Has this influenced the stories?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: This concept is mostly carried out by foreigners here. It has not influenced the narrative here as far as I can tell.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: Please describe what the foreigners are localizing!? How?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: Ok, I think you mean localization in the sense of an opposite to globalization. In this case, there are plenty of foreigners who are here creating small intentional communities, some with values similar to transition towns, a lot of permaculture, organic farming, etc. It's slightly colonial, but Costa Rica has always been heavily influenced by the USA, so the North Americans and Europeans who are here, some are very much into using superior economic wealth to create communities and retreats, many with values of localization, although their presence here is a result of globalization.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: Is <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2230" target="”blank”">creation mythology</a> a strong presence now?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: Not that I can tell. I like creation stories a lot. I just spent a week at the beach and I experience a lot of creation feelings when looking at the horizon, the vastness of the sea, sky, stars, sunset light. I enjoy listening to the physics folks discuss theories, enjoy the cosmology of Swimme and Berry, and appreciate the myths I know about the creation of the world.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: If you were to write and produce a play with creation as the dominant theme, what elements / plots / mythic sources would you use?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: I don't know. I'm less interested in creating foundational myths as I am about visioning narratives for the future. The only thing that comes to mind in answer to the question is water, an element (compound) I have an affinity for and find is fundamental as a starting point for creation.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi</strong>: What is the role of initiation for the people? Are these coupled with resilience?</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: I don't know what you mean by "role of initiation". Which people? Are you referring to rites of passage? Again, you'll have to define what definition of "resilience" you are using. I am familiar with more than one.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: For resilience, see <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2228" target="”blank”">this work</a>. Initiation is an active community & personal alchemy, a change; growth. It is a key principle in J. Campbell's work.</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: Ok, I'll try and answer as best as I can, although I'm not entirely sure I'm on the same page as you regarding "initiation", which "people" you are referring to, and your understanding of "resilience". It seems to me that most people are reluctant to take the hero's journey and as such, avoid initiation entirely. In Costa Rica, most people, I find, are not very adventurous and most seek paths of less resistance. This seems to be normal most places I've lived. As for resilience, I'm not sure where that comes into the equation. Costa Rica seems average regarding resilience, although there is perhaps slightly more awareness on a political level of the dangers of global environmental change and economic instability, hence more resilience.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: Given that the Earth Charter's ethical vision proposes that environmental protection, human rights, equitable human development, and peace are interdependent and indivisible, what are some of the <a href="http://openmythsource.com/myth-lab/" target="”blank”">mythic artifacts</a> that support this movement?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: Again, I am going to have to ask for a definition of "mythic artifacts". Perhaps, there is some of the answer above in the answer to your second question. I think the myths that speak to interdependence and interconnection include Indra's Net and the present mythology of the quantum theory. Does that answer help?</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: Artifacts as I find and develop them are key to the <a href="http://openmythsource.com/myth-lab/" target="”blank”">Myth Lab</a>. Please dig in on this a bit....</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: First of all, the Myth Lab looks fantastic. I will have to dig in when I have some time. Great work! I don't think I have an answer to your question really. There are perhaps elements of the different aspects of the Earth Charter in artifacts like green buildings, multi-use food spaces such as greenhouses that also serve as residences, organic community gardens, nature trails in preservation areas that support the flourishing of local communities, etc. I don't know how small an artifact can be that represents all of the facets of the Earth Charter.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Ok I think that's all for now. Thanks for all the back and forth. Very interesting and enlightening for me. I don't think I have the knowledge yet to adequately respond to you on many points, but I'm hopefully moving in a direction that will get me there eventually. Any tips on reading would be helpful. Believe me, Campbell is high on my list. I'm reading the Red Book at the moment and also a lot of theory on improvisation, which is my method of choice for exploration with groups.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><em>Today, while <a href="http://rainforests.mongabay.com/20costarica.htm" target="”blank”">deforestation rates of natural forest</a> have dropped considerably, Costa Rica's remaining forests still face threats from illegal timber harvesting in protected areas and conversion for agriculture and cattle pasture in unprotected zones. The popularity of Costa Rica as an eco-tourist destination makes parks a source of income rather than an expense, and past governments have been known to use park funds for making up budget shortfalls instead of maintaining protected areas. Corruption remains a problem in Costa Rica, though not as much as in nearby countries.</em></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Douglas F. Williamson</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Communications, Earth Charter International</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Climate Change and Environmental Communicator</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Award Winning Environmental Filmmaker</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">IUCN Commission on Education and Communication Member</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Editor, Writer</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Translator (French, German, Spanish)</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Voice-over artist</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/Douglaslasfwilliamson" target="”blank”">LinkedIn</a></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Twitter: DFWilliamson</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi Paul</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">New Mythologist & Transition Entrepreneur</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">newmythologist.com | PlanetShifter.com Magazine | openmythsource.com</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">@planetshifter @openmythsource @PermacultureXch</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">415-407-4688 | pscompub at gmail.com</span></p>
<p></p></div>“Does Mythology Still Matter?”https://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/does-mythology-still-matter2016-02-29T03:34:41.000Z2016-02-29T03:34:41.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
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<p>Interview with <strong>Carridine Poran,</strong> <br/>Reaction by <strong>Willi Paul</strong>.</p>
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<p>Produced by <strong>Planetshifter.com Media</strong> (+ PDF)</p>
<p><br/><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2338" target="_blank">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2338</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2338" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868857158?profile=original" width="455" class="align-left" height="574"/></a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9142584261?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Does Mythology Still Matter - Interview with Carridine Poran, Reaction by Willi Paul. Produced by Planetshifter.com Media.pdf</a></p></div>“fear share change grow compost community hero hug “ - children’s video - new myth #73. by willi paul, planetshifter.com mediahttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/fear-share-change-grow-compost-community-hero-hug-children-s2015-10-11T15:59:44.000Z2015-10-11T15:59:44.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><br/><span class="font-size-4">children’s video - new myth #73.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2309" target="_blank">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2309</a><br/></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="4">“Our Fire Circle Reformation”- Interview with Erik Ohlsen: The Permaculture Skills Center & Permaculture Artisans, Sebastopol, CA by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Design</font></b></p>
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<p><b>Willi: Is the current pace or expansion of the permaculture movement good enough?</b></p>
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<p><b>Eric: </b>The first response to that question is no. Clearly the permaculture movement itself has failed to make a viable case for its adoption in mainstream society in the United States. This is troubling as Permaculture offers a design frame that could seriously help implement solutions to current crises at large scales. That’s my first reaction to this question but that’s not the whole story.</p>
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<p>A deeper look shows me that in fact in the last 10 years, many people in the permaculture movement have been actively developing an enormous diversity of platforms to implement permaculture design in social, ecological and economic systems. I believe we’re in a research and development phase in the movement and in the next few years we will see many more scaled solutions and new permaculture models become implemented and adopted throughout different levels of our society. It’s sort of like we’ve been in deep planning mode and the fruits of our labors haven’t quite been realized yet. I think many seeds of permaculture have been planted throughout the planet and like a young fruit tree just we need just a few more years before they will bear large yields.</p>
</div></div>"Integrating Permaculture, Transition, and Mythology in the Chaos Age" - eBook #21. Conversations with Willi Paul and Authors Gregory Gronbacher, Peter Ruddock, Douglas Williamson, Arthur George, Garyhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/integrating-permaculture-transition-and-mythology-in-the-chaos2015-05-20T13:03:57.000Z2015-05-20T13:03:57.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><div class="field field-type-image field-field-image"><div class="field-label"> </div>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>"Integrating Permaculture, Transition, and Mythology in the Chaos Age" -</strong> <a href="http://communityalchemy.com/eBook21/eBook21.pdf" target="blank">eBook #21</a>. Conversations with Willi Paul and Authors Gregory Gronbacher, Peter Ruddock, Douglas Williamson, Arthur George, Gary Z McGee, Margo Meck, Stephen Gerringer and Ray Grigg. <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2270" target="blank">Planetshifter.com Magazine.</a></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-2"><em>“Our future depends on our willingness to abandon worn-out methodologies and outdated ways of reading the Judeo-Christian myths. These grand narratives must be read again with fresh eyes, the advantages of science, and our better modern sensibilities. To continue to read them in literalist fashion is to harm the original intent of the ancient authors, the underlying truth of the texts, and to ruin any opportunity for our culture to once again embrace their underlying sanity.”<br/></em> - <a href="http://planetshifter.com/node/2263" target="blank">Gregory Gronbacher</a></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://communityalchemy.com/eBook21/eBook21.pdf" target="blank">eBook #21 Download</a></span></p>
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<p></p></div>The Mythic Engine Kick-Starts a New Mythology. Conversation with Mythologists Willi Paul and Shari Tarbet. + PDF from Planetshifter.com Mediahttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/the-mythic-engine-kick-starts-a-new-mythology-conversation-with2014-10-15T17:30:41.000Z2014-10-15T17:30:41.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>The Mythic Engine Kick-Starts a New Mythology. Conversation with Mythologists Willi Paul and Shari Tarbet. + PDF from <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2220" target="blank">Planetshifter.com Media</a></strong></span></p>
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<p>Please enjoy a better graphic in the <strong>PDF version</strong>, located for download at the end of the piece.</p>
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<p><strong>Introduction</strong> (email to Willi, 10/14)</p>
<p>“I've thought about your invitation and want to tell you why I haven't responded and often don't engage with the projects that you're creating. You and I seem to be on the same page about the type of world that we want. My husband and I manage our little place in the desert according to permaculture principles, for example. But I don't think that we can set out to create a myth. I think they emerge from corners of the cultural psyche that are not directly controlled by us... certainly we can shine light on the things that we see emerging and encourage the themes that we value but it's not something we choose and craft in my view. That is more of an ideology in my opinion. Anyway, there aren't a lot of us working social change and mythology so I wanted you to know where I'm coming from. Onward:)-“ <strong>Dr. Catherine Svehla,</strong> Mojo-maker and Creativity Catalyst at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://mythicmojo.com/" target="”blank”">Mythic Mojo</a></p>
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<p><strong>Conversation with Mythologists <a rel="nofollow" href="http://newmythologist.com/" target="”blank”">Willi Paul</a> and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/shari-tarbet/51/37b/2b6" target="”blank”">Sheri Tarbet</a></strong></p>
<p><br/><strong>Willi: Has storytelling changed? How?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Shari:</strong> Evolved for sure, but I don't know if I would say changed. However, these two words just might be degree. In structure I don't think storytelling has changed, but it has been enhanced. It has moved from the totally oral to the addition of drawings, books, movies, photographs, music, sculpture, ritual, all art, electronic special effects, dance. I venture to guess, though, that all these come from the same creative source. Again, I recommend reading <a rel="nofollow" href="http://juliacameronlive.com/" target="”blank”">The Artist's Way</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Willi: Can we assess old and new myths in a quantitative way?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Shari:</strong> It certainly has been done. One mythologist who did this was <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_L%C3%A9vi-Strauss" target="”blank”">Levi-Strauss</a>. I hated how he broke down, analyzed, and tried to explain myth in this way. To me, the meaning in myth was completely lost through this approach. But there are those who highly regard it.</p>
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<p><strong>Willi: The Mythic Engine is a cyclical tool and journey for both individuals and communities seeking universal truth(s) and change. How are mythic lessons shared with the community now?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Shari:</strong> I can't speak to all communities, but here is what I am aware of. As of now, mythic lessons are shared in the classrooms of public schools to greater and lesser degrees as well as the community college and university levels. The lesser degree would be teaching the myths themselves. The greater degree would be when the instructor, such as myself, takes it to the next level, showing students how those myths operated for the student individually and how the myths operated for the larger community from neighborhood to globe.</p>
<p>Of course, examples I can cite are the following; How I taught Comparative World Mythology at the high school where I taught; how I incorporate mythic lessons in the reading and speech classes I teach at Dine college. One other example that is coming about as we speak is something called the <strong>Messenger Project</strong>. I'm a consultant on this project which is a multi-media event presenting the presence of spiritual messengers (some would call angels) who help/inspire us on what is essentially our own Hero's Journey. Once it premiers, it will go on tour. At least that's the vision.</p>
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<p><strong>Willi: How does the cloud (re: mass digital storage) support or disrupt the Mythic Engine?</strong></p>
<p>Gosh, I really don't know. I am very suspicious of the Cloud and other such storages because, as I understand them, they can be hacked and/or corrupted. Beyond that, they are mechanistic, and in Campbell's discussion of the Hero's Journey, the Problem is that of living a mechanistic life that is maintained by the community/society. I am not a Luddite, but any time information can be gathered into one place like the Cloud there is the likelihood of it being used to control rather<br/>than inform. So, following that line of argument, I would venture an answer of it disrupting the Mythic Engine.</p>
<p><strong>Willi:</strong> But there is no reason to believe that will have cloud storage in the future. It depends on electricity and the electricity grid may falter and fail! The mythic engine is just as viable around a campfire as an e-whiteboard.</p>
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<p><strong>Willi: What do you think of the fossil fuel metaphor?!</strong></p>
<p><strong>Shari:</strong> I need an explanation here of what you mean by fossil fuel metaphor.</p>
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<p><strong>Willi:</strong> My use of the 2 gears is from a combustion engine.</p>
<p><strong>Shari:</strong> OH! Okay. I think the machine cogs (which when I look at them I’m always reminded of Charlie Chapin’s movie about a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Times_%28film%29" target="”blank”">futuristic city</a> in which we are all just cogs in the machine) works. When I first looked at it I thought that it was an interesting way to visualize your vision.</p>
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<p><strong>Willi: Are we <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2194" target="”blank”">creating new archetypes and symbols</a> or just adding paint to the existing ones?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Shari:</strong> I can see where new symbols emerge because to understand an archetype visually, the symbol has to be relevant to those viewing it for them to gain meaning. As far as archetypes go, I don't believe that new ones are created because of what archetypes are. However, let's say the possibility exists that an archetype that has always been there might not have always been evident to human beings, and that might emerge only at a time when humans are ready to 'get it'. In my view we see in our current lives the archetypes that have always been, both in the classic ways and as they apply to our situations which we think of as new.</p>
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<p><strong>Willi: Creative Mythology is key here. How many mythologists do you estimate are actively using Campbell’s <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_mythology" target="”blank”">Creative Mythology</a>?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Shari:</strong> How many? I can't give a definite answer here. Everyone I know who has attended and/or graduated from <a rel="nofollow" href="http://pacifica.edu/degree-programs/ma-phd-mythological-studies" target="”blank”">Pacifica Graduate Institute's</a> myth program actively uses Campbell's Creative Mythology one way or another. When one is working on one's dissertation one can choose for it to be a Creation, with a supporting paper. I considered doing this. I also know there is now a Grad school in New York that teaches what they call a practical approach to mythology which includes through creativity which is what Campbell's focus is, i.e. that it's the artists who are the modern shamans of myth. I contend that we are all artistic (re: The Artist's Way). Beyond this I can't really say. One thing I can say about How I engage creatively with myth is a belly dance show I co-produced that presented different goddesses. I wrote all the poems that accompanied the dances and was one of the performers. I was <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena" target="”blank”">Athena</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Willi: Do you see my SCORE (see 6 pieces under workshop) and Myth Lab processes as a distraction or viable myth making processes?</strong></p>
<p><strong>SCORE: 6 Sound / Myth Designs -</strong><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://communityalchemy.com/" title="http://communityalchemy.com/">http://communityalchemy.com/</a></p>
<p><strong>Myth Lab -</strong><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://openmythsource.com/myth-lab/" title="http://openmythsource.com/myth-lab/">http://openmythsource.com/myth-lab/</a></p>
<p>Both the Myth Lab and SCORE select an artifact that is used to guide the process of new myth making. SCORE carries this work further by adding sound. Finally, all of my new myths are grounded in current issues and many new archetypes and symbols.</p>
<p><strong>Shari:</strong> Okay, I looked at this and I just don’t understand it. It just doesn't resonate with me.</p>
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<p><strong>Willi: Please consider and respond to David Tacey, “<a rel="nofollow" href="http://worthreading.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/tacey-living-now.pdf" target="”blank”">The Sacred from Below: the ecological spirit of our time</a>”:</strong></p>
<p>Our civilization is at the edge of a new experience of the sacred. The sacred is about to be realized where it is not ‘supposed’ to be, in the realm of nature, earth, embodiment and physicality. This is a momentous change not only for the West, but insofar as a Western-style mentality has infiltrated every corner of the world, for the entire globe. The shift is a relocation of the sacred from the heavens to the earth, from the higher cosmic realm to the natural realm ‘below’.</p>
<p>Typically, in the three major monotheisms of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, the divine has been located in the realm ‘above’, in the empyrean of starry space and distant skies. In symbolic terms, the figure of a Heavenly Father has ruled over our apprehension of the sacred for millennia. But the Sky God has expired, ‘God is dead’, and the divine effulgence appears to have fallen to earth, lighting up the world of nature with an otherworldly glow.</p>
<p><strong>Shari:</strong> I agree with this. The book <strong>The Hearing Trumpet</strong> is an excellent example of this very thing. This change has been taking place, slowly for sure, for some time. Many readings from the Mythological Studies program at Pacifica deal with this very thing. I don't think the Sky God is dead though, any more than the Monotheisms and their priests believed they had killed the Goddess. First, there is a great deal of backlash against this change. We can see it in the 'conservative' politicians in our government at all levels, particularly the federal level.</p>
<p>When this new experience of the sacred is realized I believe that part of it will be that the Sky God will not be destroyed or expired but will find a more balanced, integrated, and proper place within this experience. I have had a vision of this. It came to me just about two years ago. In this vision were an eagle and a dove. The eagle, to me, was the masculine/solar, and the dove was the feminine/lunar. In the vision the two merged into a synthesis, into a new species of bird.</p>
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<p><strong>Willi: If sacred is being re-designed, why not try new methods to make new mythology?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Shari:</strong> I wouldn't use the term re-designed. I would say it's more <strong>a case of recovery</strong>. What is known of the earliest worship of the Sacred Masculine arrives in agricultural areas from either the Russian Steppes (Indo-European peoples) or from the south (Semitic peoples) who were pastoral and worshiped thunder warrior gods as pre-eminent in their pantheon. As they moved into settled areas and took over, the re-defined the local myths to support their thunder god and demonize the Sacred Feminine. Basically I don't know what new methods there could be to make new mythology because myth springs from a place that could be called spiritual, could be called the unconscious, or could be called a higher consciousness, all of which reside within each of us and is carried in both the collective unconscious and even genetic memory. On the other hand, I do see the possibility of creating new rituals.</p>
<p>It's new rituals, in my mind, that keeps spirituality from becoming fossilized as religion where everything becomes set, codified, and made orthodox. As someone who participates in ritual, I have learned that what is necessary at a particular time in terms of ritual isn't always the same from situation to situation, and so it is wise to keep open to the steps, objects, prayers, etc. that come to one as what would work in a particular incident. I listen to what my heart and soul tells me and know it's right; if for no other reason than the result bears it out.</p>
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<p><strong>Willi: Why do you suppose I put the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros" target="”blank”">Ouroboros</a> on the drawing? It often symbolizes self-reflexivity or cyclicality, especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself, the eternal return - something existing in or persisting from the beginning with such force or qualities it cannot be extinguished.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Shari:</strong> Oh, I love that. And let's not forget its expression as <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k" target="”blank”">Ragnarok</a> in Norse myth. I think you answered your own question, and I saw it as symbolic of how you see the two cogs working.</p>
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<p><strong>Willi: Can the community be the Hero?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Shari:</strong> No. In every hero's journey myth and fairy tale I know, the Hero archetype is about the individual taking that journey in order to come to one's true, authentic self that has, in fact, been hidden by the individual's community. The Hero has to separate from the community and its standards as taught to the individual by parents in order to find her/his true self. Then one returns to the community to share this wisdom with others.</p>
<p>It is possible for a community to have many individuals who have taken that journey (and more than once) and returned, and are living as their authentic selves. Examples: Scrooge, Frodo, Odysseus, Rapunzel, the central character in Ceremony, Hercules, Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Neo, the girl in 'V', the girl in Pirates of the Caribbean, to name a few. A community populated with such heroes would be very interesting.</p>
<p><strong>Willi:</strong> I disagree. There are numerous examples in the permaculture and sustainability sectors of entire neighborhoods, food forests and towns being initiated by causes and ending up transformed through a shared journey. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://dailyacts.org/" target="”blank”">Daily Acts</a> is a journey engine!</p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Connections</strong></span></p>
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<p><strong>Shari Tarbet</strong><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/shari-tarbet/51/37b/2b6" target="”blank”">Sheri Tarbet</a> LinkedIn<br/>satarbet.02 at gmail.com</p>
<p><strong>Willi Paul</strong><br/>New Mythologist & Transition Entrepreneur<br/>@planetshifter @openmythsource @PermacultureXch</p>
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<p><strong>Mr. Paul's Online Community Groups:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Depth Psychology Alliance - New Global Mythology Group Founder -</strong><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.depthpsychologyalliance.com/" title="http://www.depthpsychologyalliance.com/">http://www.depthpsychologyalliance.com/</a></p>
<p><strong>LinkedIn - New Mythology, Permaculture and Transition Group Founder -</strong><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=5080106&trk=my_groups-tile-grp" title="https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=5080106&trk=my_groups-tile-grp">https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=5080106&trk=my_gr...</a></p>
<p><strong>Common Ground Center (Santa Cruz, CA) - The Transition Movement Founder -</strong> <br/><a href="http://commonground.ning.com/group/the-transition-movement" title="http://commonground.ning.com/group/the-transition-movement">http://commonground.ning.com/group/the-transition-movement</a></p>
<p></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9142565290?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Mythic Engine - Willi Paul + Shari Tarbet 2014.pdf</a></p></div>New “Sound-Symbol-SCORE Design” for Children’s Permaculture Stories. New Myths #59 & #60 by Willi Paul, Newmythologist.com and Composer Geoff Maddock.https://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/new-sound-symbol-score-design-for-children-s-permaculture-stories2014-08-04T02:36:49.000Z2014-08-04T02:36:49.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><div class="field field-type-image field-field-image"><div class="field-label"> </div>
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<p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>New “Sound-Symbol-SCORE Design” for Children’s Permaculture Stories. New Myths #59 & #60 by Willi Paul, <a href="http://planetshifter.com/node/2202" target="”blank”">Newmythologist.com</a> and Composer <a href="https://soundcloud.com/geoffmaddock" target="”blank”">Geoff Maddock</a>.</strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Q&A from Production -</strong></span></p>
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<p><strong>Willi: Obviously this is an experimental collaboration. What makes it difficult for you as interpreter / composer / musician?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Geoff:</strong> There are so many ways different ideas can be expressed, words and photos mean so many different things to people. I think my own interpretation is going to be quite individual as I have my own creative process that I have built up over the years, for better or worse it guides me, filters me and gives me all the ups and downs that it seems to feed off.</p>
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<p><strong>Willi: What's a "bad sound?"</strong></p>
<p><strong>Geoff:</strong> A bad sound is a sound that is just ugly, it's too hot and is digitally distorting, it's too bright, or it contains ugly frequencies. A bad sound you just want to get away from. A sound can be aggressive and up front, but not ugly, and you like it, you accept it. You can't accept a bad sound.</p>
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<p><strong>Willi: Are you painting with sound?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Geoff</strong>: Yes. In this case dabbing the canvas and trying to be careful, then going over that, then splashing it on, then slashing away. I feel like Jackson Pollock.</p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Enjoy Two New Works using “Sound-Symbol-SCORE Design”:</strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>+ <a href="http://communityalchemy.com/jump/index.html" target="”blank”">Jump - Look - Jump</a></strong> [ New Myth #59 ]</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>+ <a href="http://communityalchemy.com/ninefingercanyon/index.html" target="”blank”">initiation @ nine finger canyon</a></strong> [ New Myth #60 ]</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Project Keys:</strong></span></p>
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<li>The base image and driver for this work is the "SCORE" – a background image that holds the elements and support documentation for each piece</li>
<li>This is a multi-media, whole brain approach</li>
<li>Kid friendly (text, pictures, etc.)</li>
<li>Visual / sound / text for Universal messaging</li>
<li>Formal language independent</li>
<li>A new process to produce new Nature stories and Myths</li>
<li>Uses free, bundled software tools (iMove/Movie Maker & Audacity)</li>
<li>Alinear creative approach</li>
<li>Project Theme can be determined at start of project or built by initiation</li>
<li>Joseph Campbell’s initiation, journey and hero are important design guides</li>
</ul></div>“Myth Lab: A Transition Workshop Primer for Imprinting the New Mythology.” Site Video & New Myth #38. By NewMythologist.comhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/myth-lab-a-transition-workshop-primer-for-imprinting-the-new2013-03-20T23:39:47.000Z2013-03-20T23:39:47.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-7"><strong><a href="http://wp.me/p14SHM-Nq" target="_blank">Myth Lab</a><br/></strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>A Transition Workshop Primer for Imprinting the New Mythology</strong></span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><a title=""Myth Lab: A Transition Workshop Primer for Imprinting the New Mythology." Site Video & New Myth #38. By Willi Paul, NewMythologist.com" href="http://communityalchemy.com/mythlab/MythLabWilliPaul.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Download the PDF version</strong></a></span></h2>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3">Willi Paul – NewMythologist.com</span></h2>
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<p align="center"><b>The Artifact (for Workshop Primer)</b></p>
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<h2><b>Introduction</b></h2>
<p><b>The Myth Lab workshop</b> is envisioned for neighborhood activists and media savor collaborators where a group of 4 – 12 participants spend 60 minutes to analyze a pre-selected Artifact and produce a new myth. <b>New Myth # 38</b> was generated by Willi Paul for this Primer and is not from an actual workshop but serves as an example for workshops to come. The image for the Primer is a “living and breathing” <b>graffiti painting from a San Francisco alley </b>(see locator map).</p>
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<p>A process model is included that illustrates <b>mythic imprinting</b> with more depth. The goal is to integrate permaculture, transition, Nature and sustainability with the values and struggles in the New Mythology. The Myth Lab is designed as an interactive, open source and iterative experience. One goal is clear: we need to build our own messages and new myths to support our new food and governance systems.</p>
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<h2><b>Key Terms:</b></h2>
<p><b>Artifact </b>– The Imprintable Artifact is a Nature-Human combination; examples include graffiti, a bill board, historic sculpture, and a permaculture garden, with special powers and messages to the neighborhood.</p>
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<p><b>Mythos</b> – The pattern of basic values and attitudes of a people, characteristically transmitted through myths and the arts.</p>
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<p><span class="font-size-2"><strong>New Mythology</strong> – Is a call for new Nature-based, globally integrated stories without allegiance to any classic mythologies. New Mythology incorporates new symbols, new alchemy and climate change era rituals and is built for the future.</span></p>
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<p><b><a href="http://transitionculture.org/2008/05/01/what-is-a-transition-initiative-the-archers-definition/">The Transition Movement</a> </b>includes new business exchange schemes where waste is used by another business; Transition is garden sharing that allows gardeners to re-use barren lands; the movement encourages people to choose local food and offer support for smart bicycle and mass transit systems.</p>
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<p><b>Mythic Imprinting</b> – Imprinting is defined as a two-way interaction with a selected Artifact that has generates synergistic meaning for both participants and the Artifact. Called “mythic imprinting” in the Myth Lab, this iterative and transmutative process is grounded in the initiation, journey and hero work from Joseph Campbell and is one way that neighborhood artifacts can help neighbors generate new songs, poems and myths.</p>
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<h2 align="center"><b>The Process Model:</b></h2>
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<h2 align="center"><b>5 Stages of the Mythic Imprinting Process:</b></h2>
<p><b><span style="color: #ff6600;">I. Discovery Stage</span> – </b>(<b>Process</b> <b>Keys: </b>Site visit – history lesson; neighborhood context; oral histories)</p>
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<p><b><span>Artifact Data Sources:</span></b></p>
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<p><b><span><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868849645?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868849645?profile=original" width="346" height="260" class="align-center"/></a></span></b></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><b>Video</b>: <a href="http://youtu.be/M8tafQWldRw" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/M8tafQWldRw</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/local-map-final.png"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-3070 align-center" alt="local map final" src="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/local-map-final.png?w=456&h=644" width="372" height="525"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><b> </b><b>Locator Map to the Primer Artifact </b>(16<sup>th</sup> @ Caledonia Alley, SF)</p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><b>Site Specifications:</b></span></p>
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<p><b>Size</b>: ~ 10’ x 11’</p>
<p><b>Place</b>: Garage Door</p>
<p><b>Address</b>: Caledonia Alley @ 16th</p>
<p><b>Paint Type: </b>Unknown</p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><b>Character Descriptions:</b></span></p>
<p>1. Owl with God Eyes and Crown flying into scene wings wide open to stop; white, pink, blue and purple</p>
<p>2. Two Hummingbirds entering the scene at 45 Degree angles (Mirror image-like); blue, green; red head, brown beaks</p>
<p>3. Winged Warrior – Man Kat Hybrid with God Eyes and Crown, Ruby Slippers; weapon-stick with sharp point stone</p>
<p>4. White Horse with Riding Blanket and Reins / Ring</p>
<p>5. Green Lizard with wings, red scale feet; red tongue flickering up</p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><b>II. Initiation Stage</b></span> – (<b>Process Keys:</b> imprinting with the group; current meanings of the artifact; inspirations; fears; compare to other myths; evaluate values)</p>
<p><span><b>Symbols (Characters)</b></span></p>
<p><strong>Owl</strong> (wise predator) – with Alien Eyes and Crown</p>
<p><strong>Hummingbird</strong>s (strong heart) – Scouts on Frontline</p>
<p><strong>Kat</strong> – Warrior Hero with Alien Eyes and Crown</p>
<p><strong>Lizard</strong> – Dark Force from Underworld</p>
<p><strong>White Horse</strong> – Hero’s Trusty Companion</p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><b>Use of Colors</b></span></p>
<p>White, pink, blue (2) and purple</p>
<p><span><b>Textures </b></span>of Skin (hatched) horse and lizard, road, feathers</p>
<p><b><span>Scene</span> – </b>a battle</p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><b>III. Journey Stage</b></span> – (<b>Process Keys</b>: imprinting the new mythologies; role of Nature; new values, symbols and alchemies)</p>
<p>Participants transmute historic values, symbols and alchemies into updated tools for a new vision and myth</p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><b>IV. Hero’s Evolution Stage</b></span> – (<b>Process Keys</b>: group as hero; collective creation; iteration; revision of artifact; produce New Myth: character, plot and moral)</p>
<p><b> </b><b> </b></p>
<h2 align="center"><b>New Myth #38: Halo and Kat Wing of Caledonia Alley</b></h2>
<p align="center"><a href="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/angel-sm.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-3067" alt="angel sm" src="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/angel-sm.jpg?w=112&h=150" width="112" height="150"/></a></p>
<p>In 2042 the San Francisco Mission District is in bloom with organic cafes’, food forests and walking paths. The streets are all gone, as are the cars and trucks that once clogged Valencia and 16<sup>th</sup> and the alleys with dark smoke and pesky horns. The fear from gentrification – a community diversity killer – has now been implemented <b>in reverse</b>. The Transition Movement arrived as the people’s hero, killing the evil high rise developers, gated supermarkets chains and pirated water goons hiding in the High Sierra with a localized sword!</p>
<p></p>
<p>Sharing and bartering is the economic way in this land. The eco- confederacy called Cascadia. Repair and can, sprout and send.</p>
<p></p>
<p>This is a revolution of the spirit, Brother with Sister, Mother with Father. The people declared their neighborhood as a Holy Place and protected their seeds with the same vigor as the vision for the neighborhood. It was not an easy path to social and environmental justice. After the permaculture committee ripped-up the intersection at 24<sup>th</sup> and Mission Street, all hell broke loose! The last bus line was stopped here; a new bicycle path network sprang up in its place – and almost over nite.</p>
<p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * * * *</p>
<p>Since everybody has a mask on, the flick-lickey flames from the backyard fire pit took on another role on this clear July nite in the Mission. Somebody twirled and yelped; a young boy jumped over the flames like a wolf with a reason. As the sparks flew away, up into the nite sky, the drummers began.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Fires always give people a weird warmth – an out of body experience, right? A power boost of shaman juice and pagan thrust. Since the soil returned from the concrete makers, magic has returned to the hearts and hands of the Mission Tribe. Compost is the best money a farmer can buy.</p>
<p></p>
<p>“Here, let me paint your body with blue henna hatching,” cooed Halo.</p>
<p></p>
<p>“Just as long as I retain my warrior status,” laughed Kat Wing.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Their masks and costumes are an attempt to relive the tribal tale of good and bad times in the hood from the beloved garage painting still preserved in the former Caledonia Alley.</p>
<p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * * * *</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p>The Light Network crew visits each fire dance, every seed sourcing party, keeping watchful eyes on the Children of the Sun.</p>
<p></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><b>V. Community Return Stage</b></span> – (<b>Process Keys</b>: Live and teach the New Myth; create new rituals and songs)</p>
<p>Workshop participants share the New Myth with the community through oral and electronic channels, generating additional ideas and Artifacts for new rituals and songs.</p>
<p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * * * *</p>
<h2><b>Mythic Imprinting the Neighborhood – Possible Outcomes:</b></h2>
<p>One key outcome is that we design and share new artifacts that resonate from / with our neighborhoods.</p>
<p></p>
<p>We can create our own new stories, songs and myths without interference from corporate and governmental profit mandates.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The Lab can stitch together the ideals of permaculture, transition and Nature to further develop localization as the key guiding principle moving forward.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The Myth Lab is a low cost, high return process that can bring together all kinds of people: Nature lovers, poets and activists to create unforeseen synergies and messages.</p>
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<p>As a new incubator, the “Myth Lab” can use many existing types of community artifacts to achieve creative and collaborative solutions.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Start to finish, this process is also akin to a “mapping” exercise, pointing to issues and next steps in our evolution.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Is this Chaos Era mythic process, driven by group imprinting, an evolved Nature / Transition mytho-archeology?</p>
<h2><b>Questions for Students</b>:</h2>
<p>1. What makes an object a good Artifact for the Myth Lab imprinting process?</p>
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<p>2. Do you understand why mythic imprinting is a two-way (human – Artifact) experience?</p>
<p></p>
<p>3. What other sources for new myths can you list?</p>
<p></p>
<p></p></div>"garden pilots: transition tools for kids." eBook #11 -- NewMythologist.comhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/garden-pilots-transition-tools-for-kids-ebook-11-newmythologist2013-03-30T15:30:49.000Z2013-03-30T15:30:49.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://communityalchemy.com/gardenpilots/gardenpilots.pdf" target="_blank"><img width="235" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/S5q37rxp4grcbE-rXYonV0w0MilYL2jY4p1heCJrOTnUWjxyvs0NNit1zR3lO7aN-eQX0D616U*gworezt5ctQCJrURAUUx5/good_sm.png?width=235" width="235" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://communityalchemy.com/gardenpilots/gardenpilots.pdf" target="_blank">http://communityalchemy.com/gardenpilots/gardenpilots.pdf</a></p>
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<p align="center"><span style="color: #993300;" class="font-size-4"><b>Offering</b></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>Prelude</b></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>Sounds</b></span></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p><b>"Transition Prayer Percussion Ritual"</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>Articles</b></span></p>
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<p><b>"Tattoo Alchemy" - A fun test in the future for kids 10 - 14 years old</b></p>
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<p><b>"Symbols in the Transition?"</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>Animation / Video</b></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b> </b></span></p>
<p><b>"Mother - Frack" - Animation Pilot for Children</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p><b>New Animation Model & Case Study for Transition Children</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p><b>"Cascadia Dream & Rituals" - Children’s Video</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>New Myths</b></span></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p><b>Alice Greening and the Parking Lot Sharing Expo. New Myth #35</b></p>
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<p><b>“Alice Greening and the East Palo Alto Permaculture Brigade.” New Myth #36</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p><b>“the mystical seed ball missile from god.” New Myth #37</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p><b>"Halo and Kat Wing of Caledonia Alley."New Myth #38</b></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>Myth Lab</b></span></p>
<p><b> </b></p>
<p><b>"Myth Lab: A Transition Workshop Primer for Imprinting the New Mythology." Site Video</b></p></div>"Halo and Kat Wing of Caledonia Alley", New Myth #38. By NewMythologist.comhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/halo-and-kat-wing-of-caledonia-alley-new-myth-38-by2013-03-24T19:02:14.000Z2013-03-24T19:02:14.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><h2 align="center"><br/> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/angel-sm.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3067" alt="angel sm" src="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/angel-sm.jpg?w=640" width="319" height="427"/></a></h2>
<h2 align="center"></h2>
<h2 align="center"><b>New Myth #38: Halo and Kat Wing of Caledonia Alley</b></h2>
<p align="center" style="text-align: left;"></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: left;"></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span>In 2042 the San Francisco Mission District is in bloom with organic cafes’, food forests and walking paths. The streets are all gone, as are the cars and trucks that once clogged Valencia and 16<sup>th</sup> and the alleys with dark smoke and pesky horns. The fear from gentrification – a community diversity killer – has now been implemented <b>in reverse</b>. The Transition Movement arrived as the people’s hero, killing the evil high rise developers, gated supermarkets chains and pirated water goons hiding in the High Sierra with a localized sword!</span></p>
<p>Sharing and bartering is the economic way in this land. The eco- confederacy called Cascadia. Repair and can, sprout and send.</p>
<p>This is a revolution of the spirit, Brother with Sister, Mother with Father. The people declared their neighborhood as a Holy Place and protected their seeds with the same vigor as the vision for the neighborhood. It was not an easy path to social and environmental justice. After the permaculture committee ripped-up the intersection at 24<sup>th</sup> and Mission Street, all hell broke loose! The last bus line was stopped here; a new bicycle path network sprang up in its place – and almost over nite.</p>
<p></p>
<p>* * * * * * *</p>
<p>Since everybody has a mask on, the flick-lickey flames from the backyard fire pit took on another role on this clear July nite in the Mission. Somebody twirled and yelped; a young boy jumped over the flames like a wolf with a reason. As the sparks flew away, up into the nite sky, the drummers began.</p>
<p>Fires always give people a weird warmth – an out of body experience, right? A power boost of shaman juice and pagan thrust. Since the soil returned from the concrete makers, magic has returned to the hearts and hands of the Mission Tribe. Compost is the best money a farmer can buy.</p>
<p>“Here, let me paint your body with blue henna hatching,” cooed Halo.</p>
<p>“Just as long as I retain my warrior status,” laughed Kat Wing.</p>
<p>Their masks and costumes are an attempt to relive the tribal tale of good and bad times in the hood from the beloved garage painting still preserved in the former Caledonia Alley.</p>
<p></p>
<p>* * * * * * *</p>
<p>The Light Network crew visits each fire dance, every seed sourcing party, keeping watchful eyes on the Children of the Sun.</p></div>