The Nine Waves Immersions
This is Nine Eight Week Immersions into the Irish Myths.
It is on Zoom for 2 hours a week and is based on the very successful series that we ran during the Covid Years. It is based on Oral Tellings of the Myths followed by breakout groups to discuss the contemporary relevance of this wonderful and unique wisdom tradition.
On these Immersions we work closely with our long time Bard Karina Tynan whose two books Táin and Sídb tell the Stories from the perspective of the Women in the Myths.
The Bard School
This is an opportunity to deepen your understanding and to develop your Bardic Skills in a safe and supportive environment. The Bard School works with participants who have completed an Immersion In one of the Nine Waves programs and helps them to become a “Myth Teller”. This may be in a variety of forms: oral, written, song, poetry, painting, sculpture.
We are also very interested in the way myths and archetypes are so central in modern culture and particularly how they are often Central in the the most successful outputs of popular culture: films, TV Series,
Mythic History Series
The Myth & History Program explores the mythic roots of a number of key eras of History/Herstory. We hear myths and history simultaneously. We also use character role plays to get inside the head of key figures in each period. In parallel we arrange “Mythic Minds” inputs from relevant experts in key fields.
But the main focus is on how mass audiences can become easily manipulated Through the use and abuse of cultural myths.
Anchoring the Mythic History Series approach is:
1) A focus on collective emotions; fear, anger, shame, guilt etc that tend to drive behavior….. “we feel before we think”.
2) Understanding “order” and “chaos” and how this determines actions
3) Looking at reactions to shared trauma and intergenerational trauma.
4) Drawing on Gebser’s work on ‘consciousness’: mental, mythical, magical
5) Understanding the psychology and personality disorders of key leaders
Bard Professional
This is a series of On-Line Programs which will become available in 2025. They are focused on the understanding and application of Myth, Archetype and Oral Storytelling in a number of different but important Contexts.
The Programs will include:
- Personal Mythologies: working out your Archetypal and Mythic roots – finding an alignment with your deeper self
2. Cultural Mythologies: Analysing the Story, Archetype and Myth of your Culture
3) Brand Mythologies: what are the Brand’s Archetypal and Mythic roots
4)Organizational Mythologies: the Achetypal and Mythic forces that shape organizational life and how it handles transformations over time
5)National Mythologies: what are the Cultural Myths that shape the nation and the Archetypes that the nation lives by
The Bard Professional is both a stand alone set of Programs but is also strongly complimentary to The Bard School programs.
