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Dr. MARTIN SHAW is a mythologist, storyteller and award winning wilderness Rites-of-Passage guide. Author of 'A BRANCH FROM THE LIGHTNING TREE: Ecstatic Myth and the Grace in Wildness (June 2011 White Cloud Press), he works internationally and is visiting lecturer on Archbishop Desmond Tutu's Leadership Programme at Templeton College, Oxford. Director of the Westcountry School of Myth and Story he has a weekly blogspot at:

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METAPHOR: Golden Bears Leap from The Jaws of Children

Posted on January 31, 2012 at 4:20pm 0 Comments

What follows is an excerpt from the upcoming “A Branch From The Lightning Tree: Ecstatic Myth and the Grace in Wildness” (White Cloud Press, Spring 2011). So, onwards…

I want to deepen this idea of a crossroads, by how it relates both to initiatory practice and the relationship between speech and literature. It would be useful to get a sense of where the ideas in this book place themselves, situated both in oral myth-telling and the page.

The philosopher Jaques Derrida…

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NOMADIC RECOGNITION, A COMMONS OF THE IMAGINATION By Martin Shaw

Posted on January 31, 2012 at 4:18pm 0 Comments

What follows is an excerpt from a new book – for release in 2013. I will begin by just giving a very simple description of my notion of the word mythtelling rather than storytelling. It is less about genres – folklore, myth, legend – and more about a wider, holistic, not-entirely human perception of community.

Mythtelling

I use the word mythtelling rather than storytelling sometimes to indicate that many stories are more than folklore – more than the…

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At 9:38am on May 12, 2011, Victoria Reddick said…

Congats -Dr Shaw on your PHd..

Can't wait to read the new expanded version of A Branch From the Lightning Tree.

Many Blessing,

Victoria

At 3:44pm on February 18, 2010, Tim Russell said…
Hi Martin, Good to see a new post here ......I'll try to get back to it after the w/e. Looking forward to deep swim in the myth pool!
At 1:39pm on April 14, 2009, Benjamin Dennis said…
Hephaistos is burning the tripods to the ground, the net is cast, and the final grove is in sight!!!

Lest these Western climes succumb and become an empty desert, I will be there for your visit--fly safely, my friend!!

Ben
At 11:40am on April 12, 2009, Tim Russell said…
Hi Martin - thanks for the message . It is an interesting discussion and I shall have to spend a bit of time digesting .............
tim
At 12:18pm on April 8, 2009, Rafael Jesús González said…
Thank you, dear Martin. I often think of our meeting a while back with much pleasure. I hope the gods have in their kindness to cause our paths to cross again. Bless -- Rafael
At 2:08am on April 2, 2009, David Wendl-Berry said…
Hi Martin. As my old laptop got flooded I've lost all my contacts. So could you give me an email address for sending these photos to you? Also have you got your book yet? Love one if you have. XX
At 2:34pm on March 31, 2009, David Wendl-Berry said…
Martin you are a gem and gifted genius. Thanks for your beautiful words. I truly love where you have taken the Medicine. My heart melts into a thousand streams when I hear the magic of your stories. If you were the only person I ever put out on Vision Quest, I'd gladly go through twenty years of poverty. Keep shining like the wild enigmatic druid you truly are. Love you and I'll always be there for you.
At 2:11pm on March 30, 2009, Daniel Deardorff said…
Hey Martin, I feel a clean breeze of the mythworld air draw near as your book approaches; ahhh, at last!
Say a welcome to Tim Young who just joined the consortium!
At 2:22am on March 22, 2009, Katheryn Hope said…
Thank you! I look forward to seeing you soon at the Storytelling!
At 4:10am on March 15, 2009, David Wendl-Berry said…
Hi Martin, thanks for the invite. This old Badger's hobbling around. All those year in the mountains have taken it's toll on my knees. Hope you and family are doing fine. Really looking forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks. Maybe we can play in the zone this summer.
Lots of love to you.
David.

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