The Spiritual Function of Myth. A conversation with Martin Shaw, 2025 Realisation Festival guest speaker

Update: 2025-04-10

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What is the function of myth and story? How can they help us become more human? What do they teach us about the nature of reality and how we might orient wisely in a time such as ours when the world is in turmoil?

In this conversation, Michael Bready of the Realisation team explores these questions with writer, mythographer and master storyteller, Martin Shaw.

With warmth, wisdom and wit Martin shares from his deep experience as a wilderness guide, lover of mythology, and christian thinker.

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The Spiritual Function of Myth. A conversation with Martin Shaw, 2025 Realisation Festival guest speaker

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