The Healing Art of Storytelling

By Richard Stone,

Book cover of The Healing Art of Storytelling: A Sacred Journey of Personal Discovery

Book description

Over the years, television and other cultural forces have robbed us of storytelling as a tool of communicating, learning, and healing. In The Healing Art of Storytelling, professional storyteller Richard Stone describes this crisis and its devastating effects, and then offers a step-by-step guide for creating a storytelling tradition that…

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1 author picked The Healing Art of Storytelling as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love a deep dive, and this book goes to profound depths to explore different aspects of storytelling, from the personal to the universal.

I found it eye-opening and moving to consider storytelling as a healing spiritual practice and to link my own story to ancient story-sharing traditions such as the ‘ladder to the moon.’

A perfect accompaniment for balmy evenings when you’re sitting around a campfire, honouring your ancestors and sharing life stories. 

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