Catherine Svehla's guest appearances

Catherine Svehla

On the Block Radio with Andrew Gurevich

Desert Lady Diaries

Myth in the Mojave

Jessica Bennett

Joseph Campbell

Dawn Davis

Robin Lewis

Greg Gilbert

Rynda Laurel

Cynthia Anderson

Kim Martin

Susan Rukeyser

Mari Collier

Lindsey Anderson

Lauren Henley

Zara Kand

Barbara Harris

Ivy Pochoda

OwlTail

In this episode, Catherine tells us it was only until after moving to the desert that she remembered traveling through the desert as a small child on family trips. In later years, she would visit alone, with her backpack, taking respite from the demands of life in LA. On one such trip, just before her 40th birthday, Catherine made the decision to move permanently.   Dr. Catherine Svehla is the hi-desert's "local mythologist". She is a cultural mythologist, storyteller, artist, activist and creates story-based programs to share the transformative power of myth.  Catherine is also the host of  'Myth in the Mojave', a storytelling podcast with listeners around the world. She founded and led the Hi-Desert Mythological Roundtable from 2009-2015 and lives in Joshua Tree.   After moving here, Catherine had numerous jobs, completed Graduate School and now hosts myth workshops, one of which is called, 'The Heroines Journey'.

In this episode, Catherine tells us it was only until after moving to the desert that she remembered traveling through the desert as a small child on family trips. In later years, she would visit alone, with her backpack, taking respite from the demands of life in LA. On one such trip, just before her 40th birthday, Catherine made the decision to move permanently.   Dr. Catherine Svehla is the hi-desert's "local mythologist". She is a cultural mythologist, storyteller, artist, activist and creates story-based programs to share the transformative power of myth.  Catherine is also the host of  '<a>Myth in the Mojave</a>', a storytelling podcast with listeners around the world. She founded and led the Hi-Desert Mythological Roundtable from 2009-2015 and lives in Joshua Tree.   After moving here, Catherine had numerous jobs, completed Graduate School and now hosts myth workshops, one of which is called, '<a>The Heroines Journey</a>'.

Desert Lady Diaries| Catherine Svehla |Episode 49

“Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything that occurs out of necessity, everything expected, repeated day in and day out, is mute. Only chance can speak to us. We read its messages much as gypsies read the images made by coffee grounds at the bottom of a cup.” Milan KunderaThe weekend of Sept 12-14th was the first annual Synchronicity: Matter and Psyche Symposium. It was a very rich event, combining perspectives from science, psychology, the arts, and archaeology. I brought Mythic Coyote to the event to help us answer the question: how can we consciously engage with the phenomenon called synchronicity?Our experience of synchronicity belongs to the mythic dimension of our lives. The mythic dimension is where matter and psyche, visible and invisible, what we typically call inner, and outer- meet, reflect, shape, create, converse. What we call “mythology” is the narrative and artistic form that we have given to our experience of this exchange.In mythic dimension we might call synchronicity “opportunity,” and we might say that someone who notices, uses, harmonizes with the power of synchronicity has “smart luck.” This leads us to a character  called the Trickster, and here in the Mojave, trickster is Coyote… who the Chemeheuvi’s call “Mythic Coyote.”In this program I talk about Mythic Coyote and tell the story of Coyote and Buffalo Bull. Support the show

“Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything that occurs out of necessity, everything expected, repeated day in and day out, is mute. Only chance can speak to us. We read its messages much as gypsies read the images made by coffee grounds at the bottom of a cup.” Milan KunderaThe weekend of Sept 12-14th was the first annual Synchronicity: Matter and Psyche Symposium. It was a very rich event, combining perspectives from science, psychology, the arts, and archaeology. I brought Mythic Coyote to the event to help us answer the question: how can we consciously engage with the phenomenon called synchronicity?Our experience of synchronicity belongs to the mythic dimension of our lives. The mythic dimension is where matter and psyche, visible and invisible, what we typically call inner, and outer- meet, reflect, shape, create, converse. What we call “mythology” is the narrative and artistic form that we have given to our experience of this exchange.In mythic dimension we might call synchronicity “opportunity,” and we might say that someone who notices, uses, harmonizes with the power of synchronicity has “smart luck.” This leads us to a character  called the Trickster, and here in the Mojave, trickster is Coyote… who the Chemeheuvi’s call “Mythic Coyote.”In this program I talk about Mythic Coyote and tell the story of Coyote and Buffalo Bull. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mythmatterspodcast" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

Dr. Catherine Svehla: Mythic Coyote and his Dance with Synchronicity