In the Borderlands

From the busyness of UK screen writer’s rooms to the stillness of the Swedish forests. From mastering the story to serving the story. From performance to ceremony. From ego-centred to eco-centred.
Zara Waldebäck’s life, wisdom and thoughts on storytelling, resonance, relationship and attention are some of the many wonderful ingredients of this conversation. It developed and grew like a mycelial network of association and wonder, sprouting fascinating mushrooms to ponder, while pairing and playfully opposing the invisible and visible worlds in a dance of words.
Zara Waldebäck
https://www.writingwithsoul.org/
https://www.shamanism.dk/
https://www.asbacka.org/
Logo image: Hand drawn sketch of a maturing fungal colony from one volume of A.H.R. Buller’s epic series Researches on Fungi (Buller, 1909-1934).
Soundscapes: Kalimba Atmosphere from Pixabay and Frosty Wind – Nature Sounds by JuliusH from Pixabay.
PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/
EMAIL
[email protected]
TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/
MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/
REFERENCES
Ramlila
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramlila
Ramayana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana
Candomblé
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9
Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making by John Fox
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203839.Poetic_Medicine
The High Priestess Tarot card
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Priestess
Vladimir Propp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Propp
Joseph Campbell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell
Christopher Vogel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Vogler
Echo and Narcissus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_and_Narcissus
Rasa (aesthetics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasa_(aesthetics)

Of all the creatures of the forest, the bear holds a place most dear in the hearts of ancient Scandinavians. New animist thinking and perspectives on how our forebears related to the world around them as well as the concept that personhood and culture is the baseline of existence for all life, ignited a spark in Olle Möllervärn's mind during his Religious studies.
His fascinating master thesis on "Bear Culture“ is the springboard for this podcast episode where we delve into folklore and tradition with both the bear and the human as our guide, and the fascinating borderland that emerges between them. Bear Culture – A New Approach to Bear-Human Relations in Scandinavian Folklore MA thesis
https://miun.academia.edu/OlleM%C3%B6llerv%C3%A4rn
Thanks to Björn Ola Lind for letting us use bear recordings from the Finnish-Russian border in the intro and outro.
PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/
EMAIL
[email protected]
TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/
MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/
REFERENCES
Sámi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1mi
Animism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism
Nordic Animism
https://nordicanimism.com/
Book: Animism: Respecting the Living World by Graham Harvey
https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/animism-2/
Article: Cosmological Deixis and Amerindian Perspectivism by Eduardo Viveiros de Castro
https://www.academia.edu/49762942/Cosmological_Deixis_and_Amerindian_Perspectivism
Brothers Grimm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_Grimm
Story: Bearskin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearskin_(German_fairy_tale)
Ursa Major
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa_Major
Saxo Grammaticus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxo_Grammaticu
Lieaibolmmai
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieaibolmmai
Skogsrå
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skogsr%C3%A5
Mary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus
Noaidi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noaidi

In the US, there’s a prediction that if the current traditional farming practices continue, there’s 60 harvests remaining before the topsoil is completely eroded. Is there another way? Biodynamic farmer and dancer Johan Nilsson offers one alternative. What if we transform our entire mindset and instead of viewing the soil as dead matter we enter into a relationship with it?
Welcome into a sparkling and stirring conversation where the borders between agriculture and art are wiped away, where the intuitive development of the farmer and the soil are seen as one and the same, where the farm itself becomes an alchemical organism, where attentiveness, presence and the spirit of constant discovery and mutual enrichment is key. Welcome to a world where both carrot and human can reach their fullest potential.
Johan Nilsson
https://www.instagram.com/johantraggae/
https://www.facebook.com/johan.nilsson.traggae
Soundscapes by Johan Nilsson, Björn Ola Lind, Mikael Öberg
PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/
EMAIL
[email protected]
TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/
MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES
Yoga Nidra
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_Nidra
Theosophy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophical_Society
Vedas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas
Rudolf Steiner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Steiner
Johann Wolfgang von Goethehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe
Vetenskap och Folkbildning (The Swedish Sceptics' Association)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B6reningen_Vetenskap_och_Folkbildning
Saltå Kvarn
https://www.saltakvarn.se/
The Demeter brand
https://demeter.net/about/demeter-brand/
Human Ecology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_ecology
Article by Saskia von Diest: Intuitive Farming: Heart-Based Decisions for Harmony in Agricultural Ecosystems.
https://www.academia.edu/106093725/Intuitive_Farming?uc-sb-sw=112491657
Agriculture Course by Rudolf Steiner
https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA327/English/BDA1958/Ag1958_index.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0AsiAN2M7GteV1noWwDPRwxtgCfHuivDKzU8Cp7I939HhSHRXb9CpA4e4_aem_ATb2WIpHwTPPLT3TrRAS5FSQY81I0Q13qMSTjpoEkOb_J4GcC74ywyy9FvbltODksJVqBXTcwDdcA8LlfCWDJgHM
Drawings by Rudolf Steiner
https://www.rudolfsteinerweb.com/galleries/Other_Art/index.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2VeD-ROR28pxk481wUdZ0vPGAyVsL3Ie...

We are back after a lengthy interim! And how better to kickstart our new bout of episodes than with a dose of divine power!
We interview Sally Pomme Clayton, British performance storyteller and author, about her latest book – The Mighty Goddess. We try to touch upon the immensity that is the Goddess, through a breadth of mythical lenses, attempting to describe archetypal energies that are impossible to pin down or reduce to human psychology. Indeed, how do you approach the Mighty Goddess, a borderless creative force that craves expression. Through the language of Love? Of Good and Evil? Or of Rage?
Sally Pomme Clayton
https://sallypommeclayton.com/
Buy The Mighty Goddess book
https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/the-mighty-goddess/9780750996174/
Blog post about the making of the book (including image of Sedna with hands covered up from Amazing Maidens)
https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/making-the-mighty-goddess/
Amazing Maidens book
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Amazing-Maidens-Pomme-Clayton/dp/1852137924
Thanks to Fotis Begklis for letting us use a part of his soundscape in the intro. PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/
EMAIL
[email protected]
TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/
MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/
REFERENCES
Baba Yaga
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga
Trickster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickster
Mary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus
Eve
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve
Queen of Sheba
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_Sheba
Lilith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith
Apochrypha
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocrypha
Ishtar/Inanna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inanna
Isis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis
Amaterasu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaterasu
Tiamat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiamat
Saulé
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul%C4%97
Nut
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nut_(goddess)
Ereshkigal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ereshkigal
Arianrhod
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianrhod
Freya
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyja
Loki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki
The Peasant's Wise Daughter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peasant%27s_Wise_Daughter
Sedna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedna_(mythology)
Ọya
http...

In the middle of the night, you find yourself caught between dream and wakefulness, unable to move, unable to scream, with the feeling that someone's sitting on your chest.
There are many names for this condition. Sleep paralysis. The Old Hag. The Nightmare. Mara. With returning guest, performance storyteller Dominic Kelly, we delve into this fascinating phenomenon that is deeply entrenched in the borderlands of folklore and belief.
Dominic Kelly
http://dominickelly.net/
MARA at Stealing Thunder storytelling festival in England on 3rd june 2023
https://stealingthunder.co.uk/
MARA at Helgoya Fortellerfestival in Norway on 5th august 2023
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092327174348
Bird sounds recorded by
Ulf Elman
https://xeno-canto.org/762155
Jelmer Poelstra
https://xeno-canto.org/235198
PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/
EMAIL
[email protected]
TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/
MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/
REFERENCES
Marahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_(folklore)
Sleep paralysis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis
Sleep Paralysis på Shelley R Adler (book)
https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/sleep-paralysis/9780813548869
Hmong people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hmong_peopleNocebo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo
The Old Hag of Newfoundland
https://nuvomagazine.com/culture/canadian-urban-legends-newfoundlanders-can-tell-you-all-about-the-old-hag
The Nightmare (film)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3317522/?ref_=vp_close
The Terror That Comes in the Night by David J. Hufford (book)
https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Terror_That_Comes_in_the_Night.html?id=Qsd0CAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Hälsingland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4lsingland
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker (book)
https://books.google.se/books/about/Why_We_Sleep.html?id=mIh4swEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
Granskogsfolk by David Thurfjell (book)
https://www.norstedts.se/bok/9789113102771/granskogsfolk
The Dreaming
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dreaming
Avebury
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avebury
West Kennet Long Barrow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kennet_Long_Barrow
Hallucinations by Oliver Sachs (book)
https://www.oliversacks.com/oliver-sacks-bo...