Virtual Writing Studios
Come Write With Murphy On Fridays
Myths with Murph:
Descent to the Goddess
8 WEEK ZOOM MEETING SERIES
Fridays: May 29, June 5, 12, 19, 26, July 3, 10, 17
9 am to 10:15 am EST
Sylvia Brinton Perera boldly writes: "The patriarchal ego of both men and women, to earn its instinct-disciplining, striving, progressive, and heroic stance, has fled from the full-scale awe of the goddess. Or it has tried to slay her, or at least to dismember and thus depotentiate her." Perhaps this myth plays on in our psyches, as Carl Gustav Jung explains: "A myth is playing in your unconscious through the centuries in a continuous stream."
In Myths with Murph, explore the ancient story from the third millennium B.C. of the Sumerian Queen of Heaven and Earth, Inanna, as seen through the lens of Jungian analyst, Sylvia Brinton Perera's Descent to the Goddess: A Way of Initiation for Women
"The return to the goddess, for renewal in a feminine source-ground and spirit, is a vitally important aspect of modern woman's quest for wholeness. We women who have succeeded in the world are usually 'daughter of the father'--that is well adapted to a masculine-oriented society--and have repudiated our own full feminine instincts and energy patterns, just as the culture has maimed or derogated most of them. We need to return to and redeem to and redeem what the patriarchy has often seen only as a dangerous threat and called terrible mother, dragon, or witch."
Writers and poets have historically played with myths symbolically expressing conflict, emotions, and the establishment of setting. “Poetry, which in its highest form is animated by the same primordial images as myth, may disclose motifs and formulations which recapitulate mythical ones, and our mythological interpretation is gratifyingly confirmed when a poem strikes the same primordial note as resounds in the myth” (Neumann).
For eight Fridays, join Murphy utilizing Suzanne Kingsbury’s Gateless method, along with Terri Trespicio’s New Rules Guidelines and Principles. Step into the stillpoint within your body, write from your own wellspring, share in a safe, nurturing environment, get and give feedback in a community that supports the art of craft and the wisdom of the piece, witnessing the transformation of the writer.
$35.00 per session (pay in advance, discounted price $250) After payment a Zoom link will be sent to your email.
Class is limited to five writers.
You are invited to…
Write with IML senior editor, Dr. I. Murphy Lewis.
The New Rules live virtual writing studio is accepting new and established writers.
For new and emerging writers of any genre. This is a somatic writing experience that transcends the inner critic and connects you to your richest stories in a hive of literary support. 5 minutes of somatic prompt to move you into the theta brain state where the creative lives. 20 minutes of writing in silent community. 30-35 minutes of delicious feedback, where you learn your innate genius and singular talent on the page. This is the writing community you have been looking for. Write with mentors trained to show you the power and strength of your singular story.
Fridays for the next 4 months with Dr. I. Murphy Lewis, Memoirist and Small Press Publisher.
Mondays 6pm EST with Memoirist Serena Eastman.
Tuesdays 9am EST with Novelist Daisy Florin.
Wednesdays at 12pm EST with Fiction Writer Christina Dexter.
The First Tuesday of every month 11am EST with Terri Trespicio, founder of the New Rules Writing Studio.
Through this method, participants have signed with the top agents in New York, been profiled in the nation's biggest media outlets and have found their creative home in a community of support and inspiration. We can’t wait to write with you! The open page is waiting…and flew wide open for one writer, Susmitha:
“In New Rules Studio, led by Murphy, who was a guest teacher in September, I wrote this from the prompt, ‘how is a creature interacting with you?’ Murphy now back in the program as a teacher for nine more months. Every Friday I’ll be writing with her and I’m so curious to see what other magical, ethereal writing her prompts spin from within my soul! :)” Follow our New Rules writer, Susmitha on her substack
$197 per month for unlimited classes.