Wicked Fun in Vermont
Jun. 15th, 2005 05:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chelidonThis is the draft path description for the path I'll be co-teaching at Vermont Camp in July.
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Shadow-path Of The Wicked Trickster
with Chelidon and Janel
Come play with the dangerous, wicked wisdom of cunning foolishness, with our unspoken truths, and with each other!
The Celtic bards were feared by kings for their awesome and even fatal power to satirize -- the ability to deflate unspoken assumptions and cleverly change our perceptions of truth through skillful use of ridicule, laughter and humor. The tricksters of myth, and those of our time, such as Arlo Guthrie, George Carlin, Gary Trudeau, all show us paths to wisdom through foolish, cunning acts, wicked fun, and subversively radical truths. We will call upon these trickster allies, working with the Cheshire Cat, Coyote, Raven and other foolish guides, to pierce the veils of illusion and expose our deepest unspoken assumptions. We will delve into the realm of shadows, of edges and boundaries and that which lies beneath and is hidden. We will explore the truths of our selves and our communities through the mirrors and lenses of laughter and wit.
Laughing at ourselves can be the first step to wisdom. This is serious work, which will not be taken seriously. This is playful, foolish work, which will carry us into the depths of our deepest painful shadows. At times the most constructive and healing way to grapple with overwhelming anger, hurt, and loss, is to laugh. At times, the best way to confront power is through trickery, foolishness and humor. At times, the Joker is the only card which can beat the King, and the trickster-fool is the only one who can speak the truth that our emperors are buck naked.
Come join our trixy band of shadow-warriors, the Wicked Wits of the East, and wield the wisdom of cunning foolishness, learning to confront our demons by laughing at them, and at ourselves.
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Shadow-path Of The Wicked Trickster
with Chelidon and Janel
Come play with the dangerous, wicked wisdom of cunning foolishness, with our unspoken truths, and with each other!
The Celtic bards were feared by kings for their awesome and even fatal power to satirize -- the ability to deflate unspoken assumptions and cleverly change our perceptions of truth through skillful use of ridicule, laughter and humor. The tricksters of myth, and those of our time, such as Arlo Guthrie, George Carlin, Gary Trudeau, all show us paths to wisdom through foolish, cunning acts, wicked fun, and subversively radical truths. We will call upon these trickster allies, working with the Cheshire Cat, Coyote, Raven and other foolish guides, to pierce the veils of illusion and expose our deepest unspoken assumptions. We will delve into the realm of shadows, of edges and boundaries and that which lies beneath and is hidden. We will explore the truths of our selves and our communities through the mirrors and lenses of laughter and wit.
Laughing at ourselves can be the first step to wisdom. This is serious work, which will not be taken seriously. This is playful, foolish work, which will carry us into the depths of our deepest painful shadows. At times the most constructive and healing way to grapple with overwhelming anger, hurt, and loss, is to laugh. At times, the best way to confront power is through trickery, foolishness and humor. At times, the Joker is the only card which can beat the King, and the trickster-fool is the only one who can speak the truth that our emperors are buck naked.
Come join our trixy band of shadow-warriors, the Wicked Wits of the East, and wield the wisdom of cunning foolishness, learning to confront our demons by laughing at them, and at ourselves.
