Sharon Blackie
Writer | Psychologist | Mythologist
‘A beloved and highly respected thinker and a legend in the ecofeminist and nature writing world.’
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Dr. Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer, psychologist and mythologist. Her highly acclaimed books, courses, lectures and workshops are focused on the development of the mythic imagination, and on the relevance of myths, fairy tales and folk traditions to the personal, cultural and environmental problems we face today.
As well as writing five books of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted and her latest, Hagitude, her writing has appeared in anthologies, collections and in several international media outlets – among them the Guardian, the Irish Times, and the Scotsman. Her books have been translated into several languages, and she has been interviewed by the BBC, US public radio and other broadcasters on her areas of expertise. Her awards include the Roger Deakin Award, and a Creative Scotland Writer’s Award. Her next book, Wise Women: Myths and folklore in celebration of older women will be published by Virago in 2024.
Sharon is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and has taught and lectured at several academic institutions, Jungian organisations, retreat centres and cultural festivals around the world.
Books
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THE SUNDAY TIMES
‘… mind-blowing in the most profound and exhilarating sense. This is an anthem for all we could be; an essential book for this, the most critical of recent times.’
MANDA SCOTT, AUTHOR OF THE BOUDICA SERIES AND INTO THE FIRE
‘Engaging and inspiring, Sharon Blackie’s beautiful book will empower people to find wonder in everyday life.’
CLOVER STROUD, AUTHOR OF THE WILD OTHER
‘A jewel for lovers of the mystical, its pages conjure up reimaginings of ancient tales, characters and beliefs from an eco-feminist angle.’
PSYCHOLOGIES MAGAZINE
‘Hugely potent. A tribute to the art of storytelling that is itself an affecting and inspiring story.’
THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
Books
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‘Hagitude has the power to change lives. Full of fierce energy, this is a book that acts like a ration of courage, of purpose.’
TANYA SHADRICK, AUTHOR OF THE CURE FOR SLEEP
‘… mind-blowing in the most profound and exhilarating sense. This is an anthem for all we could be; an essential book for this, the most critical of recent times.’
MANDA SCOTT, AUTHOR OF THE BOUDICA SERIES AND INTO THE FIRE
‘Engaging and inspiring, Sharon Blackie’s beautiful book will empower people to find wonder in everyday life.’
CLOVER STROUD, AUTHOR OF THE WILD OTHER
‘A jewel for lovers of the mystical, its pages conjure up reimaginings of ancient tales, characters and beliefs from an eco-feminist angle.’
PSYCHOLOGIES MAGAZINE
‘Hugely potent. A tribute to the art of storytelling that is itself an affecting and inspiring story.’
THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
UPCOMING OFFERINGS
FINDING OURSELVES IN FAIRY TALES
Online program
Sunday June 11, 18 and 25, 2023
16.00 to 18.00 UK time
We are storytelling animals, hard-wired for story. We begin to make sense of the world through the stories we find in childhood – or the stories which find us. They are the stars we navigate by, and their lessons are deep and rich. They help us to reimagine ourselves, because at the heart of them is transformation: they help us to believe in the possibility of change. We come to see that there are other ways of imagining the world and our place in it – and of living more intensely, and more richly, in a world that is often filled with challenge, and sorrow. Join me to explore the ways in which, even as adults, we can find ourselves in fairy tales.
‘Just when we think it’s all over, along comes menopause, to shake us to the core again. We’re never done with our transformations; they just keep on coming round. We shapeshift all the way up to the end, casting off certainties like a selkie casts off her sealskin.’
from Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life, by Sharon Blackie
SUBSTACK: THE ART OF
ENCHANTMENT
Join me at ‘The Art of Enchantment’, my publication on Substack for exclusive new writing and audio journals direct to your email inbox at least twice a month. This work will weave together ideas and practices from mythology, psychology, religion, philosophy, spirituality and folklore. You can also participate in subscriber-only conversations with me relating to the issues I’m writing about or working with right now.
WORK WITH ME
ONLINE COURSES
Browse my transformative courses, each of which is designed to lead you into a deeper awareness and understanding of your own unique mythopoetic journey through this life. Born in the wild edgelands where psychology, myth and ecology converge, these courses are aimed at rewilding the tired and overly domesticated psyche.
FEATURED:
ENCHANTED JOURNEYS
‘Enchanted Journeys’ is a collection of thirteen audio files, each of which offers a guided imagination journey around 25 – 30 minutes long, narrated by Dr Sharon Blackie. All of these meditations are designed to help you to work with your deep imagination, engage with the imaginal world and develop resources for activating your mythic imagination.
WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
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Our inner imaginarium
The practice of mythic imagination which I teach is premised on the fact that each of us has our own unique inner imaginarium. We are each haunted by different images, poems, works of art; we each resonate with different myths or fairy tales, and with different archetypal characters within them. And each of us identifies with different archetypal characters and patterns at different times in our own lives. Our unique mythopoetic self is also revealed in our dreams, in our encounters during deep imagination journeys, in our visionary experiences, in our special relationships with other-than-humans, when we find ourselves in the edgelands, the liminal zones …
THE MYTHIC IMAGINATION NETWORK
Join my community for subscriber-only teaching and sharing circles
I’m delighted to invite you to my Mythic Imagination Network, a private space where I offer live monthly teaching/ sharing circles to subscribers, post occasional teaching notes on myth, mythopoetics and the mythic imagination, and gather together a community of ‘mythical misfits’ – people who are looking for a more authentic and inspiring story to live by than that offered by the overculture. We also host story circles and sharing circles from guest contributors each month..
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