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...

"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...

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...

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/martinshawtour202...

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 H...

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...

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...

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 t...

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...

Learn more about the full year long Adulthood Initiation Ritual Apprenticeship Program https://www.schoolofmythopoetics.com/ritual-apprenticeship   John Wolfstone is a wilderness rites of passage guide and ritual artist dedicated to revitalizing cultures of initiation. He is also co-founder of The School of Mythopoetics.

The Crow's Nest is a weekly live series with Ian MacKenzie and special guests. Each episode will riff on the latest current events and themes from a mythopoetic lens.    Listen on your fav podcast platform http://schoolofmythopoetics.com/podcast Enroll in The School http://schoolofmythopoetics.com Dr. Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer, psychologist and mythologist. Her highly acc...

Hearing the call of the forest and following instructions from Elders of the territories, ancestors and spirit, Rainbow Eyez, has been a key defender of ancient forests on Vancouver Island, including the old growth forests of ‘Ada’itsx (Fairy Creek), since 2020. Rainbow Eyez is a Ha-ma-yas Stewardship Network Guardian for the Da’naxda’xw/Awaetlala First Nation - she has worked for four years as a...

Join this live conversation around the new book 'Reckonin' with Stephen Jenkinson and Kimberly Johnson.  Find the book here https://orphanwisdom.com/reckoning  Reckoning is an unguarded, sober meeting with Spirit Work, Conspiracies, Elderhood, Grief and Plague and Building Culture in a Me First Era. Try this at home. With Companions.   Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW, is a spiritual act...

The Crow's Nest is a new weekly series with Ian MacKenzie and special guests. Each episode will riff on the latest current events and themes from a mythopoetic lens. Enroll in the School http://schoolofmythopoetics.com Joshua Michael Schrei is the founder and host of The Emerald podcast. The Emerald combines evocative narrative, soul-stirring music, and interviews with award-winning authors and lu...

The Crow's Nest is a new weekly series with Ian MacKenzie and special guests. Each episode will riff on the latest current events and themes from a mythopoetic lens. Enroll in the School http://schoolofmythopoetics.com  Raamayan is an architect for the Next Civilization Experiment. He is an international speaker, a multi-company impact entrepreneur, and a systems designer. Rooted in the spiri...

The Crow's Nest is a new weekly series with Ian MacKenzie and special guests. Each episode will riff on the latest current events and themes from a mythopoetic lens.    Sarah Durham Wilson midwives women from the wounded, patriarchalized feminine across the bridge to the archetypal Mother, or mature feminine. Before her service to the Goddess, she was a rock journalist in New York City,...

The Crow's Nest is a new weekly series with Ian MacKenzie and special guests. Each episode will riff on the latest current events and themes from a mythopoetic lens.  Enroll in the School of Mythopoetics http://schoolofmythopoetics.com Day Schildkret is internationally known for Morning Altars and has inspired tens of thousands of people across the globe to heal and connect with nature, art a...

The Crow's Nest is a new weekly series with Ian MacKenzie and special guests. Each episode will riff on the latest current events and themes from a mythopoetic lens. In this episode, I speak with Andreas Kornevall is an author, storyteller and ecological activist. We discuss his new book "Waking The Dragons: Norse Myth, Folklore, Runes and Magic" along with rituals of reconciliation, the power of...

The Crow's Nest is a new weekly series with Ian MacKenzie and special guests. Each episode will riff on the latest current events and themes from a mythopoetic lens.  In this Wed edition, I'll be joined by Samara Concepcion, a birth doula who is directing a forthcoming documentary Birth: A New Story.  We'll talk about the film and a mythopoetic exploration of birth.    Support...

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.  Become a Founding Member of The School of Mythopoetics http://schoolfomythopoetics.com

Topics: The school shooting in Texas, mythologies of masculinity, and how to create healthy cultural ecosystems.   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.   Become a Founding Member of The School of Mythopoetics http://schoolfomythopoetics.com

In myth, the Underworld is a place of testing and initiation, but hopefully not a final destination. Within many stories the descent is the second element of a three-stage process, leading to a final grounding that is both redemptive and a gift to others. Martin Shaw is suggesting in the West we have often made the Underworld so comfortable, so subtle, and in some cases so chronic, we’ve become a...

The reign of the Hero has come to an end. As humanity faces increasing crisis and collapse, we come to a threshold where the archetype of the Hero can no longer be our saviour. We have entered a liminal time – a space between stories – and so we must bend and instead look to, and learn from, the boundary-crossing, shape-shifting Trickster. Join  Ben Murphy  and  John Wolfstone &nbsp...

A camel driver leading his camels through a village. On his way to Baghdad, he is gripped with jealousy when he encounters a walled orchard. What transpires changes the lives of those affected forever. Based on one of the Hadiths from the Q’uran, one of Europe’s leading storytellers Jan Blake shares a tale which explores the question of mercy, justice and redemption. After the story, Jan will unpa...