Sharon Blackie
Writer | Psychologist | Mythologist
‘A beloved and highly respected thinker and a legend in the ecofeminist and nature writing world’
POSITIVE NEWS
‘She knows her archetypes, knows her Jung, know her fairytales and knows her neuroscience, and is sick of being patronised by men who don’t’
THE SUNDAY TIMES
‘My standout interview of the year’
Matthew Taylor, writer, broadcaster and host of the RSA ‘Bridges to the Future’ podcast
Dr. Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer, psychologist and mythologist. Her highly acclaimed books, courses, lectures and workshops are focused on reimagining womens’ stories, 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
PSYCHE AND EROS: THE SOUL’S JOURNEY HOME
Saturday October 21, 2023, 16.00 to 19.00 UK time
In this gathering, we’ll dive deeply into the rich old myth of Psyche and Eros. How can this story inform and illuminate our own journey to wholeness? What is the Maiden archetype, and how might we embody it?
DESCENT: RESILIENCE AND REVELATION IN CATASTROPHIC TIMES
Saturday November 25, 2023, 15.00 to 19.00 UK time
A radical revisioning of Persephone’s descent to the Underworld. We’ll prepare both for our descent into the long, dark half of the year, and our ultimate rebirth and emergence into the light.
‘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 and community on Substack: a gathering place for hags, lovers of myth and fairy tales, and all those seeking the enchanted life. You’ll have access to exclusive articles on myth and psychology, fairy tale salons, podcasts, chat and much more.
Become a member of The Hearth for live online retreats with me, and other resources to deepen your work with story and the mythic imagination.
WORK WITH ME
SELF-STUDY
Transformative courses designed to lead you into a deeper awareness and understanding of your own unique mythopoetic journey through this life. Born in the edgelands where psychology, myth and ecology converge, these courses are aimed at rewilding the tired and overly domesticated psyche.
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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.
COURSES & EVENTS
Find out about new live online courses, or join me in my regular sessions in The Bone Cave: interactive online gatherings to reclaim the mythic feminine.
Or find out where I’m lecturing, teaching, workshopping, reading, or otherwise hanging out.
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 …
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