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marvellous extended resource for anyone using stories
with changes in mind, from therapists counsellors and
educationalists to people simply interested in fascinating
new perspectives. Learn about stories, how they can
affect the mind and even the body, how to tell them
and how to use them. Learn a whole repertoire of very
powerful and adaptable tales, from folk and fairy tales
to modern yarns and jokes. Or listen just to be carried
away into worlds of imagination.
CD1
The Chinese Swordsman
The
Chinese Swordsman explores the art and craft of
storytelling through a series of tales, joined seamlessly
with approachable, engaging explanation. Find out
how to use stories, the kinds of effects they can
have and how the metaphors in them communicate.
Understand more about the metaphorical mind, the
relation between stories and dreams, story psychology,
how to develop your own natural storytelling
skills and much more.
Track Listing
- The Chinese Swordsman (Chinese
story)
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- Lakshmi & Vishnu (Indian story)
- Mbala
- Tall Stories
- The Poor Man Who Became Rich
Through a Dream (trad.'universal' tale)
- Dreams & Schemes: Some Theories
- The Tray & the Cockerel (Reframing);
The Three Gifted Wives
(West African Story): Dilemma Tales
- the Diamonds & the Mine
- The Talisman (Trad. European Story)
- The Carpenter's Sign: using
contemporary anecdotes
- The Way you Tell 'em: Language
and Style for Rapport
- The Silk Scarf (English Legend)
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CD2
The Enchanting Bird
The
Enchanting Bird is a treasure chest of powerful
stories, carefully arranged to give an imaginative
and inspiring experience of stories told by a
master storyteller. You will be able to return
to again and again and find new levels to this
material. Notes on the CD liner give hints about
possible uses for each tale.
Track
Listing
-
The Enchanting Bird
- The Elephant in the Dark
- More Light
- The Noisy House
- The Old Mill
- It Ain't Me
- The Tiger's Whisker
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(The
Road
Walk
The Optimist
Roof or Walls
Displacement
The
Hole)
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The Other Room
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The
Beggar Minister
- The Other Island
- The Tailor's Two Assemblings
- More Quick Tales
(Easy Assumptions
Getting Up
The Possible
Your Breath)
- Two Tales of Conversion:
The Snake/The Fox & the Preacher
- Good Luck/Bad Luck
- Sindbad & the Old Man
- Millstream Blues
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Powerful
Stories also includes musical fragments on a series
of unfamiliar (plus one or two familiar) instruments
which add much to the atmosphere of this excellent
double CD.
Powerful
Stories was produced by the training and therapy
organization, Uncommon Knowledge and is also available
from their website www.uncommon-knowledge.co.uk. |
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