Upcoming Seminar

Learning the Heroine’s Journey in Her Suppressed History and Yours in a Writing Circle with authors Kate Farrell and Mary Mackey

Celebrate Women’s History Month: March 16th, 1 – 5 PM

This interactive seminar is geared for pairs of attendees from different generations and for single attendees who are interested in bridging the generations. Pairs might include: Mothers and daughters, aunts and nieces, grandmothers and granddaughters, mother figures with younger women, and all other combinations that span two or three age groups. Come by yourself or in pairs! We will make sure everyone in the group is paired. 

We will learn from one another and tell our journeys, inspired by literature of the long ago matriarchal cultures told in ancient folklore and in re-imagined, meticulously researched historical fiction.

Here’s what we plan to cover in this 4-hour writing seminar:

Welcome and Introductions

Kate and Mary will compare the heroine’s journey with the hero’s journey and share how writing about the heroine’s journey empowered their lives. They will review the concept of The Maid, Matron, Crone, the triple headed goddess of shared wisdom across generations.

Mary Mackey, an awarding winning poet and New York Times best-selling author of novels, begins the workshop:

• Shares research of Marija Gimbutas of the goddess culture of Old Europe (5,000 BCE)
• Reads excerpts from the novels in her best-selling Earthsong series
• Provides prompts for free writes
• Pair sharing of writings with active listening

Kate Farrell, a renown storyteller and award-winning author, continues the workshop:

• Shares the feminine quest scholarship of Marie-Louise Von Franz and Clarissa Pinkola Estés
• Tells two tales of the heroine’s journey from the oral tradition of Old Europe
• Provides prompts for free writes
• Pair sharing of writings with active listening

Group sharing of selected writings of the day with active listening and discussion
Socializing, giveaway raffle of presenters’ books, and more!