The Crow's Nest with Ian MacKenzie

Join host Ian MacKenzie for this rousing conversation with Norse mythographer and author Andreas Kornevall and Chaise Levy, as they discuss Tending the Well of Memory. We will weave the deep waters of magic and mythic tradition, exploring what it can mean to be tenders of the Northern Anima Universalis: the Tree of Life, named Yggdrasil. Join the upcoming program Tending the Well of Memory. Begins November https://www.schoolofmythopoetics.com/tendingthewell

"None are free till we are all free." BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2023 Theme: Celebrating our Sisters, Saluting our Sisters, and Honouring Matriarchs of Movements https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk You're invited to this edition of The Crow's Nest, an encounter between Miche Fabre Lewin and Yolanda Sokiri , two women artists and wisdom practitioners who share the Earth heart of African | European lineages. Inviting in ancient traditions and contemporary knowing, they are in a conversation to explore how ‘white' bodied kin can be taking openhearted responsibility for the slow, deeply generative and liberatory process of uncovering white supremacy and choosing to live with true accountability. Through artful sequences of ritual, poetic weavings and embodied interactions with matter, metaphor and mystery, Miche and Yolanda inhabit the deep trust work needed for nurturing conversations, kinships and cultivating communities of freedom between cultures. In November Miche and Yolanda launch Living Stories, an online Depth Encounter for ‘white’ bodied kin who are committed to individual and collective liberation and are heeding the call from ‘Black’ and ‘Brown’ kin to address the ‘white’ privilege of our racialised ‘whiteness’. Learn more at The School of Mythopoetics http://schoolofmythopoetics.com

Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW, is a spiritual activist, author, ceremonialist and farmer. Stephen teaches internationally and is the creator and principal instructor of the Orphan Wisdom School, founded in 2010. With Master’s degrees from Harvard University (Theology) and the University of Toronto (Social Work), he is the author of several books including the award-winning Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul, Come of Age: The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble and A Generation's Worth. Stephen is the subject of the National Film Board of Canada feature length film documentary, Griefwalker. http://orphanwisdom.com RUNE HJARNO Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen is a Historian of Religion, Ph.d from Uppsala University in Sweden. His research into Afro-diasporic strategies for maintaining animist reality in the modern world has lead him towards reading North European cultural history from the perspective of rejected animist knowledge and practice. The objective is to recover Euro-traditional forms of land-connectedness ecological knowledge and kinship with the greater community of beings. Rune has lived in a number of countries in Europe, Africa North- and South America and presently runs the platform “Nordic Animism.” https://nordicanimism.com/

It's our one-year anniversary month and we've decided to commemorate our first year of The School with a conversation among the Stewards on what we've accomplished, what we've been surprised by, and what we've learned along the way. Enroll in the School of Mythopoetics http://schoolofmythopoetics.com

The Crow's Nest is a (sometimes) weekly series with Ian MacKenzie and special guests. Each episode will riff on the latest current events and themes from a mythopoetic lens. This week we'll discuss the forthcoming tour CODES FROM THE OLD WORLD with mythologist Dr. Martin Shaw. Most of the tour is sold out but some cities available here https://www.schoolofmythopoetics.com/martinshawtour2023 And EVERYONE is invited to join the Livestream of May 15 https://streamofconsciousness.ca/event/codes-from-the-old-world/

The Crow's Nest is anew weekly series with Ian MacKenzie and special guests. Each episode will riff on the latest current events and themes from a mythopoetic lens.   This week we'll discuss our forthcoming course KISS THE WITCH: A journey through the feminine archetypes for men.    Join the course https://www.schoolofmythopoetics.com/kissthewitch ABOUT BOE HUNTRESS  Boe Huntress is an artist and facilitator working with song, myth and archetypes. As the 'Artist in Residence' at Union Chapel (London) Boe made a number of immersive shows on subjects like witches, reimagining female power, re-telling the Medusa myth, and race relations in the UK. Alongside writing political and mythic music, Boe has facilitated women's groups for the past ten years and is currently running an online project called Thirteen Queens which looks at archetypes that correlate with the thirteen moons of the year. Boe was featured on The Mythic Masculine podcast describing her journey of integrating the inner masculine.

Maziar Ghaderi is an award-winning director, writer, producer, multimedia artist, and educator that works in film, multimedia and interactive technology. With a background in media production, Maziar strives to articulate his social commentary through metaphors, epiphanies and critiques that speak to the zeitgeist of our times.   In this conversation, we'll speak on the current uprising in Iran from a mythopoetic perspective. Follow Maziar on IG http://instagram.com/maziart

Daniel Deardorff (1952-2019) was a mythsinger, storyteller, ritualist, composer, andproducer. A survivorof paralytic polio and resultingparaplegia, and early teacher about Otherness, he toured extensively with renowned soft-rock band Seals and Crofts for ten years and produced award-winning albums for other artists. When post-polio sequelae required change, he became an independent scholar of myth teaching internationally with Robert Bly, Martin Shaw and others. The MythsingerLegacy Project http://mythsingerlegacy.org continues his work restoring myth to culture and community. Judith-Kate Friedman is a multi-media artist and serves as Steward of the Mythsinger Legacy Project. She and Daniel Deardorff were partners in life, love and creative collaboration for 14 years. Judith-Kate inhabits the flinty places where art, activism, ritual and Oral Tradition dance. She sings, composes, writes, performs, curates events, tends hearth-fires, tells stories and makes records. Born in New York City, she now calls Washington State’s rural north Olympic Peninsula (traditional Coast Salish lands) home. She is an award-winning vocalist, performing songwriter, producer, and National Endowment for the Arts grant recipient for her community-based Songwriting Works™ Educational Foundation projects http://songwritingworks.org

Join our upcoming live conversation with our special guest, as we discuss the forthcoming INTO THE DARK: Mythological Wonderings for End Times, unfolding Oct 29/30, 2022.   Register here https://www.schoolofmythopoetics.com/intothedark2022   LANGSTON KAHN   Langston Kahn is a shamanic practitioner and teacher specializing in radical human transformation, ancestral healing and the restoration of an authentic relationship with our wild hearts. He stands firmly at the crossroads, his practice informed by somatic modalities, contemporary shamanic traditions, initiations into traditions of the African Diaspora and his helping spirits and ancestors weaving it all together. He is the author of Deep Liberation: Shamanic Teachings for Reclaiming Wholeness in a Culture of Trauma. Instagram: @LangstonKahn Website: LangstonKahn.com

Like many of you, I've been watching the events unfolding in Iran with hope and horror.     Just over one month ago, according to the BBC: Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Kurdistan province, was visiting Tehran when morality-police officers arrested her, claiming that her headscarf, or hijab, was too loose. She fell into a coma and died in hospital three days later. Police said her death was due to a heart attack, while the state coroner said it was a result of pre-existing medical conditions. Her father has said she had no history of heart problems, but her body had bruises on her legs; he suspects she was killed in custody.    That’s ignited anger across Iran, led mostly by women who are refusing to back down, even as government forces have reportedly killed over 200 more citizens.    I wanted to hear from someone on the ground within the uprising - and so I reached out to an Iranian friend in Toronto who put me in touch an actress and activist - who's taken the name SAGHAR.  She shared with me her passion and perspective from the heart of this new revolution.     Our discussion is potent and deeply touching.  I would say 'enjoy' but instead, I ask that you be stirred into meaningful action. You can check the show notes below to see how to connect and get involved.   LINKS TO FOLLOW https://www.iranintl.com/en/iran-politics https://www.instagram.com/noorzpahlavi/ https://www.instagram.com/masih.alinejad/ https://www.instagram.com/golfarahani/