Because We Need to Cherish Our Stories & Dreams

Join us for the Myth Workers' Salon on March 23 at 10 AM ET

“Expose yourself to more stories. Myths and fairy tales are born from the collective's dreaming. They contain the patterns of human nature and the world. When you listen to a story, it awakens your own dreaming because it speaks in living images. It also acts as connective tissue between us, joining us in the places we have something in common.” - Toko-pa Turner

This week, the Hudson Valley decided that the spring equinox wasn’t merely theoretical. The days were “sit on the back deck with a book” warm enough and the nights were full of frog song.

Regardless of the chaos within the wider human community, the local ecosystem decided that the seasonal shift would happen according to a delightfully reliable schedule.

For me, it’s been hard to look more than a day or two ahead. You can credit the weather, the astrology, the whims of a perimenopausal biome.

All I have wanted to do is immerse myself in

Toko-pa Turner

’s The Dreaming Way: Courting the Wisdom of Dreams and flip through my own dream journal.

When I am being unkind to myself, I cringe at my privilege.

When I am centered in myself, I remember that the inclination to berate myself for making space for rest, contemplation, and pleasure is born of the mindset that dismisses mythology, dispels dreams, and squashes fairies.

As Toko-pa writers:

Whether we like it or not, our lives are governed by reason, logic, and profitability. The culture is set up to keep us constantly managing practical concerns so there isn't any room left to imagine a different way of being.

The real reason we forget our dreams is that the bridge between our worlds has fallen into disrepair. The way has grown unfamiliar to us. Out of our need to belong, we learn to hide what's magical in us to survive in the modern world. We set up camp on the side of materialism and eventually we begin to believe there is nothing beyond our clocks and calendars, careers and capitalism.

I aim to live in the imaginal landscapes of the cave, the cliff, the castle, and cottage. Not that other group of c words.

How about you?

Join us in the Myth Workers’ Salon this Sunday

We all need to be reminded that dreams, stories, and myths matter, including the woman (especially the woman) who has created a podcast about mythology and storytelling.

That’s one of the many reasons I am offering what I hope will be the first of many Myth Workers’ Salons.

This Sunday at 10 AM ET, I am inviting all paid Myth Is Medicine subscribers to join me for an hour of exploration, conversation, and celebration of the power of the mythic imagination.

Can’t make it? I will be sharing the recording!

We’ll spend some time with the stories we’ve shared during Season 6 of KnotWork Myth and Storytelling. I’m sure that our favorite tales and characters from last season will come up as well.

Over the last 3+ years, KnotWork has gathered a vibrant, engaged following. It’s time to see what magic we can stir up when we sit down and talk myth together.

As you probably know, all the proceeds from my Substack go toward supporting the ongoing production costs of KnotWork Myth & Storytelling.

As an independent ad-free podcast, the show depends on listeners’ generosity. This Myth Workers’ Salon is my way of thanking you for keeping us on the air.

Bring your questions and your dreams.

And, bring your journal. We’ll probably spend a little bit of time capturing our ideas on the page. (You can take the writing coach out of her writing group, but she’s always going to offer a writing prompt when she holds a circle!)

The Zoom link will go out to all paid subscribers on Saturday. To join us, please upgrade your subscription to the monthly or yearly level.