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December 31, 2021 7 mins

Episode starts with a Greenlandic Inuit woman singing about Yule  to her father. Yule traditionally starts the night of winter solstice and lasts until January 1. Yule can be traced back to the Norse people who celebrated Yule as a way of connecting with the natural world. Yule is a celebration of the sun, of rebirth and renewal, and the continuation of life. 

Episode ends with reading of the “Manifesto for an enchanted life”  written by Dr. Sharon Blackie.  Sharon  works in the interface of psychology, mythology, and ecology. The Enchanted Life is just one of her many books. 

Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling!  Find @credko on Twitter.  See  alivepodcast.net

Thank you,

Cristina Redko, PhD

Key Sources:
Sharon Blackie, The Enchanted Life: Unlocking the Magic of Everyday,  House of Anansi Press, 2018

See also course, workshops and other books at  sharonblackie.net. 

Following sounds were licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 for Freesound:

  •  Leq.acappella 4 by juskiddink
  • Fireplace  by juskiddink
  • Glasschimes  by ross63moose
  • Piano Fairy Tale by GregorQuendel
  • Fairy Logo by DDmyzik

Theme music created by Tim Moor. Source: https://soundcloud.com/tymur-khakimov


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