An evening of myth — Invocations for longer days
With Sam Crosby
Come to The Convivial for an evening of ancient mythology and reflection to celebrate the turn towards Spring on Easter weekend...
After a beautiful first gathering for Imbolc in February, Sam Crosby of Recalling Fire returns for another evening of storytelling. Come explore the turning points in your life through the lens of mythic meaning-making. Lean into longer days with a strong dose of remembering, sharing and food.
And bring a bottle, if that's your preference.
"Wisdom isn't learning something new, it's being reminded of what you've always known."
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There's something insane happening to us in the modern day. We are living as though we're alone. Ancestorless. Root-parted. We've forgotten the names of our great grandparents, our oldest stories. And we bang and jolt our way through our modern trials, drunk on the absurdity of global politic, keeping ourselves to ourselves, keeping it all together.
Yet when myth enters a gathering, the doors and windows slam shut. There is a quality of attention in the updraught. Words take on a different shape. Meaning spills over. Some of the most defensive hearts open the gates for a moment.
Rooting into the place of a story gives us something real, a felt sense of how things are here, how they’ve been before, how they might be in the future. Myth is born of place, of land, of the human interaction with the ‘all that is’. They’re the exchange we make with the world. They’re invitations to be welcome. To feel wanted. To feel enough. To feel home.
Passed down through the generations, like water through mountain rock, ancient myths are nutrient-dense, nourishing tonics. Thousand-and-more-year-old stories which have survived on the basis of being valuable to enough people, generation after generation, in search of a better way. Wisdom. Wisdom. Wisdom. They are overflowing with wisdom. Wisdom which isn’t learning something new but being reminded of what you’ve always known.
Join Sam Crosby at The Convivial for an evening of food, community and myth, exploring the wisdom already inside you.
What to bring
A short story or a poem to share and/or...
Listening ears
Storyteller
Sam Crosby is an oral storyteller, speaker, programme lead and facilitator, author of the The Re-Eldering Manifesto: REFIREMENT, Not Retirement, founder of Recalling Fire and host of Drop The Map.
What to expect
6pm - Doors open
6.30pm - Stories for spring
7.40pm - Vegan dinner is served
8.10-9pm - Stories and poems sharing (dare yourself to bring your own, or come to listen)
9-9.30pm - Soft close, socialising
This event is BYOB - please bring along a drink to have yourself and/or to share! There is a SPAR shop just a few meters up the road. There will be a selection of soft drinks available at a low cost, and free tea and coffee on tap.
Tickets
All tickets include a hot vegan meal. Please refer to the following suggestions when booking your tickets:
No spare income - pay what you can! £0+
Low spare income - £5
Medium spare income - £10 (actual cost of producing the event)
High spare income - £15
Supporter ticket - £20+