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 teacher Sean Kramer will lead us into the imaginal realm of fairy tales, where we will find healing images and wise teachings for our own journey through this enchanted world.About the HostAfter studying art and the classics of philosophy and science, Sean Kramer lived for two decades as monk and hermit. He studied Russian icon painting and the ancient art techniques of egg-tempera and fresco. He works to bring...
Latest episodes
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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.
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Little Red Riding Hood
Here We Wonder in IllusionsIn 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 o…
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Little Red Riding Hood
Here We Wonder in IllusionsIn 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 o…
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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 ima…
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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 ima…
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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…
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1 h 11
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…
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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 tradition…
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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 tradition…
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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 he…
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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 he…
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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 occurr…
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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 occurr…
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The Frog Prince: Time and Development in Fairy Tales
Having seen in previous episodes how place and landscape are symbolic in fairy tales, "the Frog Prince" will show us that time also is non-literal and symbolic. More than being her…
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The Frog Prince: Time and Development in Fairy Tales
Having seen in previous episodes how place and landscape are symbolic in fairy tales, "the Frog Prince" will show us that time also is non-literal and symbolic. More than being her…
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Fitcher's Bird - Dissociative Fantasy vs. Symbolic Imagination
Fitcher’s Bird: Dissociative Fantasy vs. Symbolic Imagination. The fairy tale “Fitcher’s Bird” provides images about different uses of the imagination. From it we can draw guidance…
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Fitcher's Bird - Dissociative Fantasy vs. Symbolic Imagination
Fitcher’s Bird: Dissociative Fantasy vs. Symbolic Imagination. The fairy tale “Fitcher’s Bird” provides images about different uses of the imagination. From it we can draw guidance…