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Daniel Deardorff
Daniel Deardorff is a "Singer" in the old sense of that word, which involves being a musician, a storyteller, and a maker of ritual. He has been a composer and a performing artist for more than four decades. As an independent scholar of myth Deardorff's emphasis is on mythopoesis [myth-making] and the performative aspects of mythic expression. He is the author of The Other Within: The Genius of Deformity in Myth, Culture & Psyche and is also the founder of The Mythsinger Foundation
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Posted on June 28, 2009 at 6:00pm —
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The story is in Grimm's and can be read online at http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm101.html
I haven't reached the point of making recorded stories available yet but hopefully this year we'll figure it out.
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The site, currently undergoing excavation by German and Turkish archaeologists, was erected by hunter-gatherers in the 10th millennium BC (ca. 11,500 years ago), before the advent of sedentism. This slide show gives a glimpse of what is being uncove…
Storynight for March will be Wed. the 24th. please spread the word.
Speaking of keeping the lineage of this tale alive, do you have a reference for Bear-sark? I would really like to be able to read it, soak it in, or listen to it again and again. We need a CD of YOU, Danny, with some of your favorite stories/myths.…
Rites of Challenge, Passage, & Meaning
Martin, it is so great to see your school having such a presence in this consortium. Looking forward to much more.
Blessings,
DD
The mythic Image, and mythworld dwellers dance into this world on the bridge of the storyteller's breath—the Awen of poetic inspiration
Drummers, drum-makers, primal sound dancers and singers join here to explore the power of rhythm in creation and community.
Last night's story, metaphorically, speaks directly to what we're needing to embrace as persons in a rapidly and unpredictably changing world. Wow - the soldier's loss of his soldiering job - really struck me with how many of us are losing our jobs,…
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The mythic Image, and mythworld dwellers dance into this world on the bridge of the storyteller's breath—the Awen of poetic inspiration
This story resembles "The Devil's Sooty Brother" but has a very different trajectory. By temptation is to change the name to Bear-sark as the berserkers were warriors who wore a sark (cloack) of bear skin. What do you have to say about last night's…
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Hm. My blog has disappeared, short though it was. I have not written the same blog again, and it doesn't seem to post. Perhaps I should just list my primary blog here --
http://shamansjourneyworkshop.blogspot.com -- until I can figure out what I am doing wrong. LOL. Alternative realities, yes. I'll figure it out. I am new to blogging. Thanks so much for inquiring. Bear Hugs, Lora
In a city with many murals painted on buildings, with Jeff and someone else.
We are in a restaurant and we have wrapped gifts to give and receive. We take turns receiving a set of items and mostly they seem like books. The one I notice is "Be here Now".end of dream.
After Jeff's invitation I remembered the dream and decided we simply must attend.
It was wonderful! A great experience to join together with the stories, listeners, drums.
I have studied dreaming and participated in dream circle for 7 years. I am a preschool teacher and singer.
In graitude,
Lucinda
Lucinda
Thanks for the welcome. I am an educator and artist living in Virginia. My wife and I have an expressive arts studio here;www.theartlifestudio.com. I am researching on men's work and expressive arts. I have spent many years involved in the men's movement in Toronto during the 80's and 90's. I am familiar with the uses of shamanic ritual and psychotherapy.I will be launching a men's expressive arts group and thought your community discussion and participation could inspire my work here. I look forward to joining some of the discussion. I am just finishing a 3 week retreat of meditation, writing and reflection. Thanks for your interest.
Robert
Its Nicky here all the way reconnecting from Melbourne Australia. I think of the wonderful times I shared with you, Birch and Judith and often play Judiths CD. Its brings me peace. I miss the authenticity and amazement of you guys; the stories around the fire and the music you shared with me. Anyway I hope you are all doing well over there and maybe somehow through the wonderful world of cyberspace and this wonderful site we can all keep in touch. I would love that. Love from me here in Aus and doing well. Miss you all. Love Nicky xxoo
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Dean
I do believe I may meet you soon thanks to the desire on Mike Seymour's and Pushkara's parts to "animate" the Awakening the Dreamer symposium with myth and ritual and song/story. I am so grateful that you have put this website together and that Pushkara told me about it. Mythsingers feels like family, especially with the abundance of folks from the NW and England. . .Though my soul is rooted by the mountains and wild, my heart sings with the kin found in those two other, more watery regions of this precious planet. Thank you and eager anticipation of being in your presence soon. Deborah
PS Do you have a guidebook for how to negotiate the site? Sometimes my clicks don't activate anything!.. .like when I want to invite a friend or become a friend. I want to join the Mythic Journeys group - you and the originators are the only members so far, but the system won't let me do it. Thanks for any help.
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