Alice, Archetypes & The Garden of Innocence

I am recording from a hotel room in Bradford during World Book Week, fresh from telling Alice in Wonderland stories to schoolchildren 27 times across three days. Come down the rabbit hole with me.

The concept of lysis (story resolution) from Clarissa Pinkola Estés — and why a nightmare is simply a story without an ending

Alice in Wonderland as a metaphor for growing up: too big, too small, never quite fitting

Nellie Bly’s Ten Days in a Madhouse and the concept of “good mad vs. bad mad” (featuring Violet Gibson, the woman who shot Mussolini)

Plans for an adult Alice in Wonderland evening show at the Goddess House, Glastonbury (19th)

Women Who Run With The Wolves group — now full, September waiting list open

Intro music by Queen Space Baroque. Ritual Door Number one

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