The flowering wand : rewilding the sacred masculine / Sophie Strand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strand, Sophie, 1993- author.

Series:

Sacred planet books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masculinity of God.

Masculinity--Religious aspects.

Masculinity.

Masculinity in literature.

Mythology.

mythology (literary genre).

Gender expression.

Physical Description:

196 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, Vermont : Inner Traditions, [2022]

Summary:

"Reveals the restorative fungi archetype of Osiris, the Orphic mysteries as an underground mycelium linking forests and people, how Dionysus teaches us about invasive species and playful sexuality, and the ecology of Jesus as depicted in his nature-focused parables. Liberates Tristan, Merlin, and the Grail legends from the bounds of Campbell's hero's journey and invites the masculine into more nuanced, complex ways of dealing with trauma, growth, and self-knowledge"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. The sword or the wand

Sky, storm, and spore : where do gods come from?

The hanged man is the rooted one : thinking from the feet

Between naming and the unknown : Shakespeare's Twelfth night

The minotaur dances the masculine back into the milky way : myths need to move

the moon belongs to everyone : lunar medicine for the masculine

Becoming a home : the empress card embraces the masculine

Dionysus : girl-faced god of the swarm, the hive, the vine, and the emergent mind

Merlin makes kin to make kingdoms : a multiplicity of minds and myths

Joseph, secret vegetelista of genesis : plants use men to dream

Actaeon is the king of the beasts : from curse to crown

A new myth for narcissus : seeing ourselves in the ecosystem

Everyone is Orpheus : singing for other species

Dionysus as liber : the vine is the tool of the oppressed

Rewilding the beloved : Dionysus offers new modes of romance

Grow back your horns : the devil card is Dionysus

Let your wings dry : giving the star card to the masculine

Tristan and transformation : escaping the trauma of the hero's journey

Boy David, wild David, King David : the land-based origin of biblical kingship

Coppice the hero's journey : creating narrative ecosystems

Merlin and Vortigern : magical boyhood topples patriarchy

Parzifal and the fisher king : the grail overflows with stories

Sleeping beauty, sleeping world : the prince offers the masculine a new quest

Melt the sacred masculine and the divine feminine into divine animacy : the sacred overflows the human

Resurrect the bridegroom : the song of songs and ecology as courtship

Osiris : the original green man

What's the matter? : a mycelial interpretation of the gospel of Mary Magdalene

Knock upon yourself : the high priestess wakes up the masculine

The kingdom of astonishment : gnostic Jesus and the transformative power of awe

Healing the healer : Dionysus rewilds Jesus

Making amends to Attis and Adonis : no gods were killed in the making of this myth

The joyful rescue : Tolkien's eucatastrophe and the anthropocene

Sharing the meal : Tom Bombadil offers the masculine safe haven

The gardeners and the seeds : healing the easter wound

Conclusion. A cure for narrative dysbiosis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Strand, Sophie, 1993- Flowering wand

ISBN:

9781644115961

1644115964

OCLC:

1292975464