Great Myths, Folktales & Fairy Tales
A Three Day Storytelling Retreat with Robert Bela Wilhelm
Session 1 -- Morning
Welcoming, introduction and storytelling
with creation stories from across
the globe.
Session 2 -- Afternoon
Presentation and discusssion on the depth
dimension of storytelling and mythmaking.
Tales of Crossing the Threshold
and making a Journey.
Session 3 -- Evening
Presentation and discussion on the telling
and listening process. Myths and stories of
conflict, acceptance, and reconciliation.
Session 4 -- Morning
Presentation and discussion on the disguises
and masks of storytelling. Tales of discovery
of the true self through dreams. myths,
and everyday storytelling.
Session 5 -- Afternoon
Presentation and discussion on the myths of life and death.
Mythic tales of the journey to the Underworld
and the return to the World of the Living
Session 6 -- Evening
Presentation and discussion on Light and Darkness
in mythmaking. Stories of the heavenly light and the inner light.
The art of story and the process of illumination.
Session 7 -- Morning
Presentation and discussion on storytelling and storylistening
as artistic technique and spiritual discipline.
Tales about the master storytellers themselves.
Session 8 - Afternoon
Presentation and discussion of the "deep" folk
spirituality of storytelling and its relationship
to the "high" philosophic spirituality of
the world's great religions
Session 9 -- Evening
Final presentation: Living with the sad and happy stories
of daily life, and nurturing the teller and
the listener within yourself.
Storyfest Seminars • 18934 Rolling Road
Hagerstown, Maryland 21742 • USA
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This Seminar can be scheduled in your community. I have travelled over a million miles around the globe in my four decades of ministry. I would be happy to come to your community to share this work.