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A reference library for students and practitioners of Metaphors of Movement.

Metaphors of Movement explores how the language people use can reveal their experience of problems, relationships and possibilities for movement. This wiki complements the training: it does not teach the model itself, but provides background reading, examples and related cultural material.

Find your way through the library

Follow a reading route
Six starting points through language, movement, research, Campbell, literature and conversation.

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Plain definitions, short examples and links to fuller explanations.

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Browse the library

• Metaphor Research Library - free books, research papers and reading routes across language, literature, mythology and therapy
• Joseph Campbell: Reading and Listening Guide - stories, themes, authors and free source material across the Campbell collection
• Metaphor Atlas - illustrated starting points and connected reading routes through the library
• Comparative Metaphor Library - compare barriers, movement, agency, shelter and belonging
• Subject index - landscapes, weather, the body, movement, objects and other subjects
• Stories and literature - fairy tales, myths, novels and collections
• Concepts and language - metaphor, communication and background ideas
• People and authors - biographical reference pages
• Idioms A-Z - expressions and idiom collections
• All articles A-Z - the complete alphabetical page list

Start here

• About Metaphors of Movement - an introduction to the approach
• Metaphor Categories - linguistic types of metaphor
• Situational Relational Positioning - position, relationship and movement
• Embodied Cognition - how thought and language relate to bodily experience
• Idiomatic, Literal and Figurative Communication - distinctions in everyday language
• Metaphors of Emotion - metaphor and emotional experience
• Metaphor Across Languages and Cultures - sourced comparisons of wording, imagery and translation

Training and events

• Presentation Companion Library - background reading and discussion questions for the Metaphor Society programme
• Metaphors in My Attic - Level 1 material and additional resources
• Metaphors Mastery - in-depth material accompanying Levels 1 and 2
• The Esoteric Study Group - advanced study material
• Business and Money Metaphors - Levels 4 and 5
• The Time Portal - Level 6
• Live training and events

About this wiki

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• Pages about living people: material will be corrected or removed on request from the person featured.
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• Contributor guide - page structure, sources, naming and navigation
• Wiki maintenance index - completed checks and outstanding editorial work