Under Their Spell

Under Their Spell

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Under Their Spell episodes

  • The Singing Soaring Lark
    The Alchemy of Relationship: A meditation on the “Singing Soaring Lark”, a fairy tale about what comes after the ‘happily ever after’. This tale gives a description through symbols of the process of a committed relationship. Some fairy tales end with marriage; the “Singing Soaring Lark” begins with the marriage ceremony and describes the long and sometimes difficult journey towards the realization of the true inner marriage of a man and woman.
    1 hr 15 min
  • Snow White
    In this fairy tale meditation, we will contemplate the alchemical processes of transformation symbolized in fairy tales, especially in the richly symbolic story of Snow White.
    1 hr 9 min
  • Little Red Riding Hood
    Here We Wonder in Illusions

    In the show we will look at the story of little red riding hood, and meditate on the theme of appearance and reality in fairytales. The enchanted world of the fairytale is a strange realm in which things can appear other than they are. The fairytale forest is a dangerous space in which one can be seduced and deceived, where one can wander or become lost. It has the capacity to devour and destroy. Yet it also contains powers for transformation and rebirth.
    1 hr 10 min
  • Where the Wild Things Are
    Untying the Knots of the Soul through Imaginative Journeys.

    This contemporary fairy tale describes a boys efforts to resolve inner conflicts arising in family life by taking an imaginative journey. We will use this tale to meditate more on the ‘story’ aspect of fairy tales: the arising and resolving of conflicts, both inner and outer.
    1 hr 5 min
  • Cat in the Hat
    Externalizing Inner Conflicts Through the Imagination

    The modern children’s story “The Cat in the Hat”, while not strictly a fairy tale, has fairy tale qualities. It also provides a more apparent example of something that can be less obvious in fairy tales: that the imaginative world of the fairy tale, and the dark forest or underworld, is a way to make more sensible to us our own more hidden inner souls and their conflicts.
    1 hr 12 min
  • The Devil's Three Golden Hairs: Conflicts with Culture
    The fairy tale “The Devil’s Three Golden Hairs” symbolizes some fundamental conflicts humans have when coming into this world: conflicts with the established cultures and traditions. This fairy tale also offers beautiful examples of ‘parallelism’ in fairy tales for us to consider.
    1 hr 3 min
  • Mother Holle: Healing Archetypal Wounds
    In this fairytale meditation we will explore the fairytale called "Mother Holle". In this tale a young girl with a troubled family life journeys to the realm of Mother Holle for healing and transformation. We will meditate to see what the imagery of this tale suggests to us for our own healing journeys.
    1 hr 8 min
  • Fairy Tales and Archetypes
    Using the fairy tales we have meditated on so far, in this episode we will explain what really is an archetype and see how an understanding of archetypes illuminates what is occurring in fairy tales and why they have such power.
    1 hr 5 min

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Fairy tales are both stories of transformation and symbolic poetry. They are gifts from our ancestors, offering symbols and guidance for our human development. In this show artist, philosopher and…