In the Borderlands

By Mikael Öberg and Torgrim Mellum SteneSociety & Culture Religion & Spirituality Arts Philosophy Performing Arts

In the Borderlands episodes

January 07, 2023 Lunisolar Mind IX: Wolf Moon #27
Episode nine of our podcast within the podcast – a series of full moon specials, released on every full moon – where we turn our attention to the glowing celestial body that has inspired artists and mystics for millenia.

We are still in the grip of winter, the sky is occluded by grey fur, and the tough love of the Wolf Moon grabs us by the scruff of our necks. Reminding us to wake up from our slumber, to contain our own power, and make our own luck.

PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/

EMAIL
[email protected]

TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/

MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/

REFERENCES
Shiva
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva
Parvati
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvati
Odin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin
Odin's wolves Geri and Freki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geri_and_Freki
Werewolf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf
Red Riding Hood Earliest versions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Red_Riding_Hood#Earliest_versions
25 min
January 06, 2023 Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen: Year of Aun – Story as Healing, Story as Curse #26
Historian of religion and animist thinker Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen is back on our podcast! This time to launch the Year of Aun, an invitation to celebrate 2023 as a year of healing and reconnection based on old Nordic spiritual practices.
We speak about the theoretical foundations behind the Year of Aun, our relationship with the forces of nature as reflected through both ancient and contemporary mythologies, and what it means to be the worst possible ancestor.

Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen
https://nordicanimism.com/
Year of Aun
https://nordicanimism.com/aun-2023

PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/

EMAIL
[email protected]

TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/

MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/

REFERENCESYnglinga saga
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynglinga_saga
Book: Jul och Disting i förkyrklig tideräkning av Andreas Nordberg
https://www.academia.edu/1366945/Jul_disting_och_förkyrklig_tideräkning
Tyson Yunkaporta
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/sand-talk-tyson-yunkaporta?variant=32280908103714
Shahnameh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahnameh
Zoroastrianism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism
Film: Troll
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11116912/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Film: The shape of water by Guillermo Del Toro
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5580390/
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid
White-Bear-King-Valemon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-Bear-King-Valemon
Olle Möllevärn: Bear Culture
https://www.academia.edu/53552752/Bear_Culture_MA_thesis
Bayo Akomolafe
https://www.bayoakomolafe.net
Sophie Strand
https://sophiestrand.com
Joseph Campbell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell
Book: The Hero with a Thousand Faces
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_Faces
George Lucas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lucas
Book: The writer’s journey by Christopher Vogler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Writer%27s_Journey:_Mythic_Structure_for_Writers
Film: Turning Red
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8097030/
TV Series: Ragnarok
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9251798/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
1 hr 6 min
December 08, 2022 Lunisolar Mind VIII: Winter Moon #25
Episode eight of our podcast within the podcast – a series of full moon specials, released on every full moon – where we turn our attention to the glowing celestial body that has inspired artists and mystics for millenia.

Winter is upon us, and further introspection is needed. The Winter Moon calls us to the mountaintop, to stillness, to reflection. Mikael and Torgrim's journeys mirror each other perfectly and synchronistically in this episode where we look for guidance removed from the noise of the world.

PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/

EMAIL
[email protected]

TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/

MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/

REFERENCES
Shiva
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva
Moses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses
Vodou
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou
Ayahuasca
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca
Dionysus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus
Baba Yaga
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga
51 min
November 15, 2022 Birthday Special #24
We have an anniversary!
Podcast hosts Mikael Öberg and Torgrim Mellum Stene are in a festive mood and look back at 1 year of "In the Borderlands". We speak about the podcast's humble origins, how we met and what it means to be a performance storyteller.

We are also launching our webpage AND our Instagram AND AND our Facebook page AND AND AND our e-mail address [email protected] where you can send questions, feedback and requests!

Bifrǫst Festival
https://www.bifrostfestival.com/

PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/

EMAIL
[email protected]

TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/

MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/

REFERENCES
Ben Haggarty
http://www.benhaggarty.com/
Beyond the Border Storytelling Festival
https://beyondtheborder.com/
Gefjon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gefjon
Vǫlva
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeress_(Germanic)
Bifrǫst
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bifr%C3%B6st
Teater Sláva
www.teaterslava.org
Nordic Culture Point
https://www.nordiskkulturkontakt.org/en/
Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen
https://nordicanimism.com/
Maria Kvilhaug
https://bladehoner.wordpress.com/author/
Kersti Ståbi
http://kerstistabi.com/
Dominic Kelly
http://www.dominickelly.eu/
19 min
November 08, 2022 Lunisolar Mind VII: Frost Moon #23
Episode seven of our podcast within the podcast – a series of full moon specials, released on every full moon – where we turn our attention to the glowing celestial body that has inspired artists and mystics for millenia.
The Frost Moon shines bright in November skies, and it invites us to look within. We spiral back towards our selves, our bellies, our navels, searching for the center of things.

PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/

EMAIL
[email protected]

TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/

MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/

REFERENCES
Svipdag
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svipdagr
Vishnu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu
Norse creation myth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_cosmology#Creation
9 min
October 31, 2022 Kersti Ståbi: Vǫluspá – Performing Poems from the Poetic Edda #22
Vǫluspá - The Prophecy of the Seeress from the Poetic Edda is one of the most well known texts from Norse mythology. But how could this oral poem have been performed?
Kersti Ståbi, Swedish folk singer and oral storyteller explored this question in her master's degree. Searching for a way to be a tale-singer in her own mythological tradition, she looked to living practices in Korea, India and Kyrgyzstan. In this episode she discusses this process with us, the interplay between copying and creating, and the paradox of trying to recreate something that's not possible to recreate.

Kersti Ståbihttp://kerstistabi.com/The Vǫluspá projecthttp://kerstistabi.com/voluspa
Vǫluspá Pansori first listener: Göran HembergVǫluspá Pandvani first listener: Mikael ÖbergVǫluspá Pandvani freebass accordionist: Leif Ottosson

Pandvani storytelling tradition clip: Ritu Verma with ragi (first listener) Uday Ram Gandharvahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrdPPuTaWagManas storytelling tradition clip: Nazarkul Seidahmanovhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibtAcZvcgk4Pansori storytelling tradition clip: Jen Shyuhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnKg7_gqV-4

PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/

EMAIL
[email protected]

TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/

MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/

REFERENCESVǫluspáhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VöluspáManashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_ManasPansorihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PansoriPandvani/Pandavani/Pandwanihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PandavaniBifrǫst festivalhttps://www.bifrostfestival.comFornyrðislaghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliterative_verse#FornyrðislagHexameterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HexameterOld Norsehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_NorseWalter Ong (Orality and Literacy - book)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_J._OngThe Singer of Tales (Book)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singer_of_TalesHomeric Questionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeric_Question
53 min
October 09, 2022 Lunisolar Mind VI: Slaughter Moon #21
Episode six of our podcast within the podcast – a series of full moon specials, released on every full moon – where we turn our attention to the glowing celestial body that has inspired artists and mystics for millenia.

Dark October is upon us, and the ominous Slaughter Moon takes us for a spin through tales of dismemberment, inklings of werewolves and musings about the nature of light.

PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/

EMAIL
[email protected]

TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/

MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/

REFERENCESLuciferhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LuciferWerewolfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WerewolfRobert Graveshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_GravesIconotropyhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iconotropyWerehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WereThe Shaman: Voyages of the Soul Trance, Ecstasy and Healing from Siberia to the Amazon by Piers Vitebsky (book)https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Shaman.html?id=WX6UAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=yOdinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OdinShamanism: Archaic techniques of ecstasy by Mircea Eliade (book)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism:_Archaic_Techniques_of_EcstasyPercivalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival
25 min
September 12, 2022 Maria Kvilhaug: In the Bay of Magic and the Wilderness of Cave Land – Initiation Narratives in the Sagas #20
We are happy to welcome our friend Maria Kvilhaug back «In the Borderlands»! This time, the author and historian gives us a fascinating look into her upcoming work – a book presenting a comprehensive list of instances of seidr in Norse sources.Seidr can be seen as a Norse form of shamanism and the stories Maria shine a light upon in her research paint a far more diverse, gender fluid and colourful picture of old Norse society and religious practices than what we are used to.Come join us on a journey through spell songs, fate swapping, transgressive trials of initiation and divine intercourse.

Maria Kvilhaughttps://bladehoner.wordpress.com/author/https://www.instagram.com/mariakvilhaug/https://www.facebook.com/ladyofthe.labyrinth/
https://www.patreon.com/MariaKvilhaug

PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/

EMAIL
[email protected]

TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/

MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/

REFERENCESÞórbjǫrg vǫlva in Saga of Erik the Redhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiðr#Erik_the_RedLotte Motzhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotte_MotzYnglinga sagahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynglinga_sagaSnorri Sturlusonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snorri_SturlusonHeimskringlahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeimskringlaRuneshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RunesGaldrhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GaldrKjalnesinga sagahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjalnesinga_sagaCinderellahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CinderellaBrothers Grimmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_GrimmSaxo Grammaticushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxo_GrammaticusBearskin (fairy tale)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearskin_(German_fairy_tale)Odysseushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OdysseusCircehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CirceOdinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OdinGunnlödhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnl%C3%B6%C3%B0
1 hr 24 min
September 10, 2022 Lunisolar Mind V: Singing Moon #19
Episode five of our podcast within the podcast – a series of full moon specials, released on every full moon – where we turn our attention to the glowing celestial body that has inspired artists and mystics for millenia.
It is September, and the Singing Moon invites us to listen. What songs will burst like bubbles from below?

PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/

EMAIL
[email protected]

TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/

MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/

REFERENCES
The Green Man and the Dragon by Paul Broadhurst (Book)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10843042-the-green-man-and-the-dragon
Jean-Jaques Rosseau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau?fbclid=IwAR0ShDw0WTVl4cxU0twE3az-o9kBHtJPSkJMUmg...
Kalendae
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/calende#Etymology
På Tungans Tröskel: arktiska dikter från Grönland, Kanada och Alaska (Book)
https://books.google.se/books/about/På_tungans_tröskel.html?id=KdtqAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
Knud Rasmussen: Grönländska Myter och Sagor (Book)
https://books.google.se/books/about/Myter_och_sagor.html?id=QkE0wAEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
Sjæl gør dig smuk: om inuit menneskene (Book)
https://books.google.se/books/about/Sjæl_gør_dig_smuk.html?id=8TxgPAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
14 min
August 19, 2022 Intuitive Storytelling: Celebrating Brittle one Book Two #18
Brittle one is Torgrim Mellum Stene’s online intuitive genre-bending fantasy novel that he started in 2021. Following the initiatory journey of Brittle, Torgrim writes without planning ahead, instead allowing the story to unfold chapter by chapter in an ever expanding exploration of the world that he first set in motion.This episode marks the start of book two – its first chapter now available online – and we celebrate this with a conversation about Torgrim’s experiences with intuitive storytelling and writing myth, interspersing it with Mikael’s audiobook interpretation of the chapter. Enjoy!

Read Brittle one herehttps://www.brittle.one

PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/

EMAIL
[email protected]

TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/

MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/

REFERENCESGeorge R.R. Martinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._R._MartinLeo Sofer: Stories of the Journey Homehttps://storiesofthejourneyhome.comThe Language of the Birdshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Language_of_the_BirdsJ.R.R. Tolkienhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._TolkienMythopoeiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythopoeiaHero’s Journeyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journeyEshuhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EshuEleguahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EleguaCheshire Cathttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire_CatAlice’s adventures in Wonderlandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_WonderlandKahlil Gibranhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahlil_Gibran
53 min

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Two performance storytellers with a shared interest in liminal spaces explore topics in the borderlands between creativity, mythology and magic.intheborderlands.com