Call of the Wild - Resources
Call of the Wild >> Invitations to Adventure & Rites of Passage
A library of resources relating to: rites of passage, ecology, belonging, trauma, the underworld, illness, romanticism, myth, psyche, culture-tending, cosmology.
*All articles contain a link to their original source on the web. I have taken the time to transfer many of the articles onto custom Google Docs for the purposes of this library, after experiencing the disappearance of some valuable resource links from the web.
All rights reserved to original owners.
Rites of Passage Resources
Articles & Documents
Rites of Alignment in a New Global World - by Meredith Little
Joseph Campbell and the Grail Myth - Jules Cashford
Living in the Borderland - Jerome Bernstein
Mara, Buddha & Belonging - Joanna Macy
Dialoguing with Mara - Joanna Macy
Healing Our Split: Participation Mystique and C.G. Jung - Jerome Bernstein
The Fantasy of Safety through Power: The psycho-political philosophy of The Lord of the Rings - by Rupert Read
Avatar: A call to save the future - by Rupert Read
Avatar: A transformed cinema; a transformation of self, (and then) a transformation of world - by Rupert Read, Oct 2013
The Sword and the Grail - by John Adcox
The Medicine Wheel as a Symbol of Native American Psychology - by Timothy c. Thomason
Rapunzel: Myths, Dreams, Symbols - by Carolyn Baker, Ph.D.
Cancer as a Rite of Passage - by Petra Lentz Snow, 2013
Keepers of the Earth - by Jeannette Armstrong
Rites of Passage and the Story of Our Times - by Will Scott
Thomas Berry Interview - by Peter Reason
On Soul, Character and Calling: A Conversation with James Hillman - by Scott London
The Inner Reaches of Outer Space - by Joseph Campbell
Thomas Berry 101 - by Drew Dellinger
Excerpts from Consolations: : The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words - by David Whyte
Maps of Meaning - by Jordan Peterson
Precis of Maps of Meaning - by Jordan Peterson
Donald Kalsched Interview: Trauma and the Soul - by Van Waddy
The Unconscious - by Raymond Lloyd Richmond
Are We Possessed? - by Paul Levy
Is There Another Way of Looking at So-Called Mental Illness? - by Jonathan Davis
Descending to the transcendent: Reversing the direction of an upside down life in a both/and world
Discharging Your Loyal Soldier - by Fr. Richard Rohr
Origins of Life - by Tim Requarth
The Power of Symbols - by Alex Warren
Modern Mythology - by Sabine Leitner
Change the Worldview, Change the World - by Drew Dellinger
Seeing Wetiko: On Capitalism, Mind Viruses, & Antidotes for a World in Transition - by Alnoor Ladha, Martin Kirk
The Moral Threat of Compartmentalisation - by Cécile Rozuel
Unlocking the Secrets of the Wounded Psyche - Donald Kalsched interviewed by Daniela Seiff
Keeping the Smoke Hole Open - by Martin Shaw
Treasures from the Underworld (incl. the Underworld of Illness)
The Descent into the Underworld - two stories - Inanna, and Orpheus & Eurodice
INTO THE DARK LIGHT: Depression and the Spiritual Journey By Elizabeth Rabia Roberts
Orpheus and Eurydice
Esoteric/Initiatory Interpretation of Pinocchio - by The Vigilant Citizen, 2009
8 Books for Summer Reading List if You Have Chronic Illness
The Poetry of Illness - by Julianna S. Parker
Inanna Descent into the Underworld
Inanna’s Descent - A Depth Psychological Perspective - by D. Scott Stanley
Descent Inanna: Journey Through Ancient Sumerian Goddess Myth, by Jalaja Bonheim, with Gwen Jones and Rover (audio CD, worth finding)
The Earth Gnome - by Dr Martin Shaw
The Alchemy of Illness - by Kat Duff (book)
Romanticism, Mysticism, & Psyche, and the inherent activism within & between them, aka Falling (back) In Love with the World
A Partnership Larger Than Marriage: The Stunning Love Letters of Kahlil Gibran and Mary Haskell - by Maria Papova
Frida Kahlo’s Passionate Hand-Written Love Letters to Diego Rivera - by Maria Papova
Falling in Love and Loving - by Francesco Alberoni
Divine Madness: Archetypes of Romantic Love - book by John R. Haule
Links to Related Wellsprings
Regenco - Devon-based organisation committed to furthering the regeneration and reintegration of Land, People and Spirit
Martin Shaw - teacher of the mythic imagination, Martin Shaw is a mythologist, rites of passage guide, master storyteller and author (site is a gateway to Martin's books, and some of his interviews, recordings, and essays)
Martin Shaw blog - mythteller, author, rites of passage guide
Wilderness Guides Network UK - directory of UK based wilderness / rites of passage / vision quest / vigil guides (not comprehensive, but useful)
School of Lost Borders - US-based organisation, a leading pioneer of contemporary rites of passage. Great site for articles.
Animas Valley Institute - US-based, founded by Bill Plotkin in 1980, Animas Valley Institute offers a rich assortment of guided immersions into the mysteries of nature and psyche, as well as training programmes for guides. (Site is also a gateway to Bill Plotkin's books, podcasts and articles etc)
Wider Nodes of Interest
Hedgespoken - UK-based artist and writer duo, Rima Staines and Tom Hirons, travelling, culture-stoking storytellers, UK
The Embers Collective - UK-based storytelling collective, stirring the embers of our ancestors
Lyla June - Indigenous speaker, artist, poet, musician, scholar and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages from Taos, New Mexico. (Her site is a gateway to her podcasts, videos, essays and music)
Michael Mead - storyteller, author, and scholar of mythology, anthropology, and psychology (site includes access to podcasts, videos, essays)
Crick Crack Club - creating worlds in the imaginations of audiences, the UK-based Crick Crack Club was founded in 1987 by master storyteller Ben Haggarty; today it is a worldclass storytelling programmer and promoter
Stephen Jenkinson - worker, author, storyteller, culture activist, and founder of Orphan Wisdom, a teaching house for skills of deep living and making human culture. (Site is a gateway to Stephen's interviews, books, films, podcasts, music)
Colin Campbell - Southern African sangoma, jungian, artist, musician, facilitator, teacher
Darcy Ottey - European-American woman (Briton/Ruthenian ancestry), rites of passage guide, organisational leader, writer, visionary
Radical Joy for Hard Times - founded by rites of passage guide and author Trebbe Johnson. Rad Joy is an organisation, practice, and worldwide community, dedicated to giving back to those places on Earth that have given so much to us and can’t give what they used to
Trebbe Johnson - US-based writer, rites of passage & soul guide, founder of Radical Joy for Hard Times (site is also a gateway to Trebbe's books, interviews & articles)
Paul J Howell
Toko-pa Turner - Canada-based author, mystic, dreamworker, exploring themes including belonging, restoring the feminine, reconciling paradox, elevating grief, and facilitating ritual (site is also a gateway to Toko-pa's book, courses, audio & blog)
Drew Dellinger - US-based keynote speaker, poet, writer, and teacher, interweaving the kindred strands of justice, ecology, cosmology, and compassion. Founder of Planetize the Movement
James Hollis - a Washington D.C. based Jungian psychoanalyst and the author of seventeen rich & remarkable books
Marion Woodman -
Mac Macartney - UK-based, speaker, writer and potent change-maker. Founder of Embercombe, a beautiful 50 acre rewilding estate on the edge of Dartmoor, UK
Moral Imaginations - UK-based, working with schools, universities, local councils, organisations, purpose-driven networks, local communities, funders and policy-makers to introduce collective imagining practices to community visioning and collective decision-making. Founded by Phoebe Tickell
Phoebe Tickell - UK-based, renegade scientist, speaker, sensemaker, systems thinker/designer and social entrepreneur. Founder of Moral Imaginations. She has been called a “voice of the emerging future” and “one of the most important systems thinkers of her generation”
Work That Reconnects Network - an evolving resources database, kindly submitted by different facilitators and contributors. The Work That Reconnects (WTR) was created in the late 70’s by root teacher Joanna Macy and many colleagues. The process unfolds as a spiral journey through four stages: Coming from Gratitude, Honoring our Pain for the World, Seeing with New/Ancient Eyes, and Going Forth
Seventh Wave Music - husband and wife team, Nigel Shaw and Carolyn Hillyer, have created a hearth fire roundhouse in Dartmoor, UK, and offer courses, paintings, music, ceremonial craft, ritual, books, cds, and exquisite live performance
Sam Lee - British folk singer, writer, conservationist, song collector, broadcaster, activist. Founder of the Nest Collective, Campfire Club and Singing with Nightingales. Sam Lee is reviving old roots back to life and bringing the country into the city
Animal teachings - by Otter on a Rock
New Universe Story - Mary Coelho
Alex Blanes blog - alchemical geek, poet of perception
Books
The Book of the Vision Quest - by Steven Foster with Meredith Little
The Roaring of the Sacred River - by Steven Foster with Meredith Little
The Alchemy of Illness - by Kat Duff
A Branch from the Lightning Tree - Ecstatic Myth and the Grace in Wildness - by Martin Shaw
Sunship Earth: An Acclimatization Program for Outdoor Learning - by Steve Van Matre
Divine Madness - by John R. Haule
Braiding Sweetgrass - by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Wild Mind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche - by Bill Plotkin
Creating a Life: Finding Your Individual Path (Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts) - by James Hollis
Divine Madness: Archetypes of Romantic Love - by John R. Haule
The Inner World of Trauma: Archetypal Defences of the Personal Spirit - by Donald Kalsched
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine - by Robert L. Moore, Douglas Gillette
Eternal Echoes: Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong - by John O'Donohue
A film-philosophy of Ecology and Enlightenment - by Rupert Read
Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home - by Toko-Pa Turner
Children's Books
Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien (of course!)
I Talk Like A River, words by Jordan Scott, pictures by Sydney Smith - theme; relationship with language (stutter) / a natural place for diverse ways of being
The Other Way to Listen, words by Byrd Baylor, pictures by Peter Parnall - theme; relating with the land
Badger's Parting Gifts, words and pictures by Susan Varley - theme; coming to terms with death
Old Hu-Hu, words by Kyle Mewburn, pictures by Rachel Driscoll - theme; coming to terms with death
Where The Wild Things Are, words and pictures by Maurice Sendak - theme; wildness, imagination, and home
The Little Prince, words and pictures by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - theme: what matters most in this life
Frog and Toad
The Boy with Two Eyes
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Bunyip of Berkley's Creek
No Matter What
The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories, edited by William J. Bennett - theme; wisdom & inspiration around life's virtues, including self-discipline, compassion, responsibility, friendship, work, courage, perseverance, honesty, loyalty and faith
On Wings of Words, The Extraordinary Life of Emily Dickinson - theme; the inspirational richness of a poet's relationship with life
Audio
The Smokehole Sessions - podcast conversations with inspirational people, hosted by author and master storyteller, Dr Martin Shaw
This Mythic Life - podcast conversations about cultivating the mythic imagination, hosted by author and teacher, Dr Sharon Blackie
The Mythic Masculine - podcast conversations with storytellers, artists, activists, indigenous leaders, and wisdom keepers, hosted by Ian MacKenzie
The Future is Beautiful - podcast conversations with people whose work and lives are challenging the dominant story, hosted by Amisha Ghadiali
The Emerald - currents and trends through a mythic lens, hosted by Joshua Schrei
Iron John, read by Robert Bly (part 1) -
Clarissa Pinkola Estés - Sounds True interviews with author & mythologist, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, hosted by Tami Simon
Descent Inanna: Journey Through Ancient Sumerian Goddess Myth, by Jalaja Bonheim, with Gwen Jones and Rover (audio CD, worth finding)
Robert Bly
Moving Image
Joseph Campbell
Coming of Age in the Wilderness - with Steven Foster and Meredith Little. Nine youths perform a ten-day initiation ceremony, at the heart of which is a three day and night solo fast in the high desert of the Inyo Mountains in eastern California. On their return the initiates are greeted by teachers and family who listen as they attempt to come to terms with death, torn families, the deep frustration of adolescence, and with powerful resolve to make the transition to adulthood.
Meredith Little Video Interview 2013
Academy of Ideas video library of content (much of it free), examining and explaining ideas put forth by some of humanity's greatest philosophers, psychologists and economists
Eowyn's Sword - a six-part video series dedicated to exploring how a deeper understanding of Lord of the Rings could restore the best of Western civilization. Created by Canada-based Loralee Scaife.
Jordan Peterson on Pinocchio as a Rite of Passage, Jan 2017
Practical Access to Wilderness Quests and Related Work
Regenco - Devon/UK-based organisation committed to furthering the regeneration and reintegration of Land, People and Spirit
The Wisdom in Nature Network, UK - A directory of Rites of Passage guides, Wilderness Quest guides & Soul in Nature practitioners in the UK and beyond within Europe, for whom English is the common language
Schumacher College, Devon, UK - Elmhurst Programme
School of Lost Borders - US-based organisation that co-pioneered contemporary rites of passage
Embercombe - a beautiful 50 acre rewilding estate on the edge of Dartmoor, UK; host to rites of passage programmes, courses, events, land-based apprenticeships, and also to regular online offerings including talks & workshops
Wild Wise - Devon/UK-based organisation offering a rich programme of nature-based courses and events for adults, children and families