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Wisdom comes from curiosity, from embracing creativity, from an understanding of myth, dreams and the rich symbolic languages that saturate our surroundings and reveal the world of meaning that always seems to lie just out of reach. It also arises from a perception of the world as alive and just as full of soul as we are. Wisdom centres the imagination, above all. And so our unique curriculum offers up a practical wisdom to live by: a mythopoetic, contemplative, mystical wisdom, rooted in nature and the wild beauty of the sacred cosmos.
NOSTOS – A SPIRITUAL HOMECOMING
The Nostos project was founded to raise awareness of the oldest spiritual traditions of the West – beautiful ideas and practices steeped in philosophy, myth, creativity and the embodied imagination – which have been a defining thread in the complex weave of our Western lineage for more than two and a half millennia. We’re lifting these traditions out of the academic and theoretical spheres in which they’ve largely been confined, and combining them with cutting-edge ideas and practices from contemporary (primarily Jungian and post-Jungian) depth psychology and related mythopoetic disciplines. Our aim is twofold: first, to offer a groundbreaking curriculum for cultivating the mythic imagination; and second, to trace a living, spiritual desire path that responds to the challenges and opportunities of today’s world: an exploratory path that passes through and beyond personal transformation, opening into a dancing, animate cosmos saturated in the divine.
We’re gathering a community of the curious: learners and seekers who would like to explore these ideas with us – and who’d like to help us develop them. At a time when many feel spiritually unanchored, Nostos provides something rare: a rooted, intellectually rigorous and deeply imaginative path to personal and collective re-enchantment.
THE NOSTOS RETREAT
15 – 20 November, 2026
Our first annual Nostos retreat will take place at Broughton Sanctuary in North Yorkshire from November 15 – 20 2026. I’ll be joined by Mark Vernon, Tom Bree and Vanessa Chamberlin for five transformative days in which we’ll gather together a community of the curious: learners and seekers who’d like to integrate ancient Western philosophical and wisdom traditions with insights, tools and practices from contemporary depth psychology. It’s an adventure in the mythic imagination, as we dream into being a living tradition that responds to the challenges and opportunities of today’s world, moving through and beyond personal transformation to centre us in a dancing, animate cosmos saturated in the divine.
Forthcoming appearances & lectures
June 13 – 14, 11.30am. Keynote at the Spiritual Ecology Festival 2026, St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, London. Now online.
Information and tickets here.
June 27, 10am. Keynote at the Realisation Festival, St Giles House, Dorset. Now online. More information here.
September 2, 6.45pm. Seed Talk, Manchester. Tickets here. SOLD OUT
September 26, 12 noon. Brontë Women’s Writing Festival, Haworth. Tickets here.
September 28, 7pm. Topping & Co, Edinburgh. Tickets here.
September 29, Topping & Co, St Andrews. Tickets here.
October 10, 1.15pm. Ilkley Book Festival. Details here.
October 13, evening. Cheltenham Literature Festival. Details coming soon.
October 19, 6.45pm. With Marina Warner at the Redgrave Theatre, Clifton, Bristol. Tickets here.
November 15 – 20. ‘Nostos’ retreat at Broughton Sanctuary, North Yorkshire. Information and bookings here.
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The Art of Enchantment is also a thriving community, and if you'd like to become a paid subscriber, you'll have access to exclusive Myth & Fairy Tale Salons, short courses, articles, podcasts, a community forum and much more. Find out more by clicking on the button.