Through performance and presentation, visuals, discussion and reflection, we will explore this psycho-mythological perspective. How can onto-poetic, reality-based stories clarify and strengthen our responses to environmental anxiety? How do insights from cross-cultural experiences in indigenous Australia help us appreciate old European environmental cultural histories? How does the subjective experience of retelling the Persephone journey inspire and direct us? Craig and Miriam will share their experience working with Persephone and Australian cultural stories.
Persephone’s Wake belongs within a trilogy of performance works, Persephone’s Dog, and Persephone’s Heart that are re-imagined from and Central Australia and take place simultaneously in ancient and contemporary times. Persephone’s Dog & Persephone’s Heart is published in the Ancient Greece/Modern Psyche series edited by Thomas Singer et al. Persephone’s Wake is included in the Routledge, 2021 book Depth Psychology and Climate Change.