Stories as Psycho-Spiritual Graffiti

Our first identity marker is psycho-spiritual graffiti on the walls of our hearts. A story that says, “I am here.” Stories as Orphic Mysteries — Part 1

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Summary:

• How religion is little more than a bedtime story.

• Stories are vessels of symbols (and symbols are visual language).

• A story can mark you and is a more truthful marker than race, religion, or politics. A story marker is a more powerful vehicle for agency than the identities we cling to or flick upon each other.

• We’re reaching for the spaciousness that comes with disconnection from a gridlock so we can move freely into the imaginal space, into dream time.

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It’s said that if you want to communicate anything effectively, you should be able to explain it to a child. So much about how I write and communicate is rooted in that lesson, given that I taught little humans for years before moving toward cultivating discussions around faith. In these new spaces I move in now where very sober conversations are had about faith and identity, whenever I hear any pairing of children and stories it’s always some boorish comment about how religion is little more than a bedtime story. Maybe it all is a fantastic mythic story. Maybe that was by design.