{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The \u2018small print\u2019 of working with powerful myths and archetypes - Caitl\u00edn Matthews","description":"This week\u2019s show is with Caitl\u00edn Matthews. Caitl\u00edn is an internationally renowned author, a teacher of shamanic training programme, a facilitator of Systemic Ritual\u00ae and the co-founder of the Foundation for Inspirational and Oracular Studies (F\u00cdOS). Caitl\u00edn is the author of over 80 books, including Diary of a Soul Doctor, Singing the Soul Back Home, the Art of Celtic Seership, Celtic Devotional and The Celtic Book of the Dead. Her books have won a number of awards. She is known internationally for her work on the spiritual, mythic and ancestral traditions of Britain and Ireland. She teaches and works with communities and spiritual institutions worldwide from Iceland to Portugal and from USA to Australia. Caitl\u00edn is a co-founder of the Foundation for Inspirational and Oracular Studies (F\u00cdOS), which is dedicated to the sacred arts that shape the landscape of the soul, via vision, dream and memory. F\u00cdOS hosts masterclasses with exemplars of living, oracular sacred traditions that are rarely recorded in writing or given an honourable place in modern society. Caitl\u00edn has had a shamanic healing practice in Oxford for the last 30 years, working in the community to deepen connections to the ancestral traditions which are our heritage. In this conversation, Lian and Caitl\u00edn explore the very real but mostly forgotten \u2018small print\u2019 of working with myth and archetypes. They touch the older meaning of myth as something that never happened and is always happening, the danger of lifting archetypes out of their living stories, and the cost of hubris when we claim what is not ours. They look at what actually helps: context, reciprocity, and clear human boundaries. They name moments that have taught them: Lian\u2019s unexpected meeting with Athena on a sunlit hill above the sea, Caitlin\u2019s doorstep story that fused life with the horse goddess, and the terrible Bali tale that shows why respect matters. Listen if you have ever felt the call of a god or goddess and wondered how to answer it whilst keeping both your wonder and your wits. We\u2019d love to know what YOU think about this week\u2019s show. Let\u2019s carry on the conversation\u2026 please leave a comment wherever you are listening or in any of our other spaces to engage. What you\u2019ll learn from this episode: How sacred contracts, offerings, and manners keep archetypal work sane, grounded, and mutually respectful Why context and lineage matter, and what goes wrong when archetypes are severed from their myths What happens when identification replaces relationship, and the simple practices that restore right distance Resources and stuff that we spoke about: For Caitl\u00edn\u2019s books & courses see: www.hallowquest.org.uk For more of Caitl\u00edn\u2019s writing on a range of topics, including a year-long course, Blessings of the Celtic Year, see her Hallowquest Sanctuary at https:\/\/substack.com\/@caitlinmatthewstigerna Join UNIO, the Community for Wild Sovereign Souls\u2026 Discover your kin & unite with your soul\u2019s calling to truly live your myth. Be Mythical Join our mailing list for soul stirring goodness: https:\/\/www.bemythical.com\/moonly Discover your kin & unite with your soul\u2019s calling to truly live your myth: https:\/\/www.bemythical.com\/unio Go Deeper: https:\/\/www.bemythical.com\/godeeper Follow us: Facebook Instagram TikTok YouTube Thank you for listening! There's a fresh episode released each week here and on most podcast platforms - and video too on YouTube. If you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your device every week automagically. (that way you'll never miss a show). ","author_name":"The Wild Sovereign Soul Show","author_url":"https:\/\/www.bemythical.com\/","html":"