Stories heal. They can help us hold on, stay courageous, and keep believing that our suffering will lead to a transformation—a much-deserved and long-awaited relief. Stories help us find meaning, the ultimate component in enduring dark and seemingly hollow periods. In this two-week course, we will read, sit with, ponder, be intrigued by, and play with the Grimm fairy tale The Goose Girl (#89).
Being a Goose Girl means being naïve, obedient, and without aggression. When faced with ill-treatment, a Goose Girl has no tools to defend herself; she responds with compliance that borders on self-neglect. The story depicts the path to transformation through the encounter with the shadow. Some motifs we’ll explore:
Losing one’s innocence
Encountering the shadow
Power and control in the mother complex
The horse
SATURDAYS | March 15 & 22 | 10am-12pm Pacific