The Storyteller's Apothecary

STORY SEEDS WRITING CIRCLE

In The Storyteller's Apothecary

March 19, 2026

VIRTUAL | 7pm - 9pm

Investment: $22

Join us on the Eve of Spring Equinox for our final evening in The Storyteller's Apothecary until the Dark Season Returns.

We will plant seeds of intention through writing and share stories of magic and possibility. We'll begin and end our time together with plant poetry and welcome the season of new beginnings.

Registration: $22

Please register early. We need a minimum of 6 people to register to have our circle.

In the Storyteller's Apothecary, we gather to reawaken our mythic imagination and deepen into our own journey through poetry, folklore and storytelling. We share old stories and new stories. We practice the art of mythopoetics. We let stories work on us and inspire us to remember our own magic.

Resources

Recipes, medicines, and cocktails are known to transform with muddling. Stories do too.

~Kris Spisak

Stories & Videos

I hope you will go out and let stories, that is life, happen to you, and that you will work with these stories from your life—water them with your blood and tears and your laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom. That is the work. The only work. ~Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Grandmother

{Wolf} Spider

Told by Michelle Rigling

Mythopoetics & Storytelling

with Michelle Rigling, PhD

The Fox Woman

Told by Martin Shaw

Questions & Curiosities

Do I need writing experience?

Absolutely not! We are not focused on technique here and we spend a good bit of time breaking the rules. Come stir up some trouble with us!

What is Writual?

Engaging in writing as a ritual = writual. We honor writing and storytelling as a pathway to a more soulful life and as a way to explore the stirrings, callings, and curiosities of heart and soul.

What does mytho-poetic mean?

A mythopoetic approach is about deepening and re-enchanting one's life through poetry, myth, and imagination. Mythopoetic language recognizes that our modern style of communicating lacks the mystical and soulful lexicon of older times and encourages us to engage in a deeper, more ancient way of conversing. Thinking and speaking mythopoetically connects us to the natural world and inspires us to notice the wild and magical invitations already present within our own lives.

What happens at a virtual circle or workshop?

Virtual circles and workshops are typically inspired by a story we have shared, or they focus on a specific mythopoetic technique. The facilitator will offer reflections or a teaching related to the theme and then guide writing and/or storytelling activities. A variety of deepening practices may be weaved into the experience such as visualization, mirroring, active imagination, or song. There is an opportunity to share our own stories and we usually end with a soulful and stirring poem.