Podcasts and Interviews
An Animist Retelling of Iron John
Stephanie talks with Ian MacKenzie, offering an animist understanding of Iron John. Stephanie names the distinct and modern act of looking to stories primarily through a psychological lens and what is missed when doing so. She also addresses where stories go to survive in dark times, only to emerge again when the conditions are ripe.
A Deep Dive into Iron John
In this episode, Stephanie and Brian James take a deep dive into the old Germanic folk tale Iron Hans, also known as Iron John, the subject of Robert Bly’s seminal 1990 book. Stephanie offers some unique insights into the historical layers of the story that are fascinating and surprising.
Tracking Divinity
The story of Lippo and Tapio is an old myth from the lands that we now know as Sweden, Norway, and Finland.. Stephanie MacKay, co-founder Fianna Wilderness School and long-time student of Martín Prechtel, takes us through this unassumingly profound story about the adventurous spirit of youth, passages of initiation, the deepening power of grief, and the necessity of failure.