Coreopsis Journal of Myth and Theatre
Peer reviewed journal of The society for Ritual Arts
ISSN 2333-0627
A Faun Dancing
The Emergent Ecstatic Culture, New Life of Fairy-Tales: Hearing Silence, and Resistance
Table of Contents
The Recovered Thing is not quite the same as the Thing-never-lost. It is often more precious. As Grace, recovered by repentance, is not the same as primitive Innocence but is not necessarily a poorer or worse state. ― J.R.R. Tolkien, on Fairy-stories, 1947. Oxford University Press
Editorials
- The New Life of Fairy-Tales: Hearing Silence, Resistance, and Ecstatic Culture by Marylyn Motherbear Scott, SRA Board Member, Guest Editor
The liminal nature of fairy tales as a metaphor for contemporary political resistance.
Between the Worlds: The Wit and Wisdom of the Artist in Residence
- Artist’s Statement by Lauren Raine, MFA. Artist in Residence for 2017
Wearing sacred masks brings us closer to our own mythos
Ritual of Resistance
- A Ritual of Attunement with Gaia by Lauren Raine, MFA.
Dim the lights, strike up the drum, feel the heartbeat.
Papers
- Female Surrealists and Decadents and Symbolists by Helena Domenic, MFA, MA, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Prominent artists who rejected the misogyny of the Surrealist Movement to forge their own creative paths.
- “Mom, tell me a story about a good witch”: Witch stories Neo-Pagan mothers and grandmothers read to their children and grandchildren” by Orly Salinas Mizrahi
Israeli parents use modern fairy tales to give their children a moral alternative to the dominant patriarchal society.
- The Rebirth Archetype in Fairy Tales: A Study of Fitcher’s Bird and Little Red Cap by Ronald L. Boyer Graduate Theological Union
Little Red Riding Hood and Bluebeard as ancient mysteries in the matristic Goddess tradition.
- Rachel Rosenthal: Performance Artist interviewed by Lauren Raine, MFA.
A pioneering 20th Century performance artist discusses shamanism and the artist, the Gaia hypothesis, and how plate tectonics are actually sexy.
New Music Releases and Reviews
- Live Performance: The 2016 Christmas Revels, Robyn Perry
She walked through a theater door and discovered she no longer lived in California, but in a small village in Wales…
- Donovan Live, Robyn Perry
Donovan’s 50th-anniversary concert is a spartan event — plenty of music, but no t-shirts for sale.
- Midgarde by Faun by Helena Domenic
Faun’s new dark wave album explores the mists of northern and eastern Europe.
- New Releases – compiled by Robyn Perry
A survey of new or notable sounds, from the Stones’ first studio album in ten years to an experimental collection of tracks recorded at 432hz.
Artist Profiles
- Interview: Greg Spawton of Big Big Train by Steve Blomerth
Ignored by the music industry, a new generation of Progressive Rock artists takes control of their own careers.
- Interview: Jamie Glaser by Helena Domenic
The veteran guitarist and composer discusses whether musicians are mentally ill, his musical medicine project, and chinchillas.
Gallery
Lauren Rain, MFA: Artist in Residence 2017
In Memoriam
Where we remember those who enriched our lives with their presence on this Earth.
Special Tributes:
Fawn Journeyhawk Ron Boyer and Carly Journeyhawk
Huston Smith Ron Boyer
Leonard Cohen by Ron Boyer
Announcements
- CFP: Autumn 2017
- Conferences, classes and festivals
- Publications
- Staff Projects
- Coreopsis Autumn 2017 Call for Papers
The Final Word – staff written
Even Old Hippie Girls Know by Lezlie Kinyon
Reference and Copyright
ISSN 2333-0627
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Artworks are by Lauren Raine, Greg Spawton, Jamie Glaser, Thea Boodhoo, and L. Kinyon. All rights reserved, used by permission.
Reference:
General: Coreopsis Journal of Myth & Theatre Vol. 6 # 1 A Faun Dancing: the Emergent Ecstatic Culture, New Life of Fairy-Tales: Hearing Silence, and Resistance
Ed. Lezlie A. Kinyon, ISSN 2333-0627
APA: Kinyon, L., Ph.D. (Ed.). (2017). A Faun Dancing: the Emergent Ecstatic Culture, New Life of Fairy-Tales: Hearing Silence, and Resistance. Coreopsis Journal of Myth & Theatre, 6(1). Retrieved from: https://societyforritualarts.com/coreopsis/spring-2017-issue/
MLA: Kinyon, Lezlie, Ph.D., ed. A Faun Dancing: the Emergent Ecstatic Culture, New Life of Fairy-Tales: Hearing Silence, and Resistance. Coreopsis Journal of Myth & Theatre, 6(1 ) (2017). Society for Ritual Arts. Autumn 2016. Web.
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