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Metaphors of Movement Wiki

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.

Use the index below to browse by subject, image system, story or author.

Start here

• About Metaphors of Movement - an introduction to the approach
• Metaphor Categories - the main families 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

Training and events

• 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

Core concepts and language

• Linguistic References
• Semiotics
• Archetypes
• The Hero's Journey
• Steganography
• The Golden Bough
• Common Idioms that Originate from the Bible
• Biblical Idioms
• Onomatopoeia
• Palindromes
• Characteristica Universalis
• Word Play
• Parental Threats

Metaphor index

Earth, landscape and place

• Containers
• Elevation
• Hurts
• Tunnels
• Rocks
• Valleys
• Hills and Mountains
• Fields
• Fields-2
• Paths and Trails
• Brick Walls
• Swamps
• Beaches & Shorelines
• Garden of Eden
• Dungeons

Air and weather

• The Firmament
• Atmospheres
• Tornados & Whirlwinds
• Hurricanes and Gales
• Vacuums
• Flight
• Clouds

Fire, heat and light

• Deserts
• Volcanoes
• On Fire
• Lightning
• The Sun

Water

• Swallowed by a Fish/Whale
• Fish Gods
• Aquatic Gods
• Rivers and Civilisations
• Oceans
• Lakes
• Rain
• Wells
• Goldfish Bowl

Spirit, death and the unseen

• The Astral Plane
• Gottfried Leibniz Ontological Proof
• The Living Death Metaphor
• Rainbows
• Ghosts
• Graveyards
• Shadows

Beings, creatures and nature

• Monsters
• Angels
• Demons
• People
• Leeches
• Trees
• Dogs

Body and anatomy

• Feet and Ankles
• Hands
• Head and Neck
• Chest
• Shoulders
• Heart

Movement and transport

• Trains
• Ships
• Cars
• Rockets
• Falling

Objects, constraints and resources

• Poisons
• Tables
• Ties and Binds
• Burdens
• Marionettes
• Money

Stories and literature

• Pied Piper
• The Sleeping Beauty
• Beowulf
• St George and The Dragon
• Beauty and The Beast
• Peter Pan
• Mahabharata

The Canterbury Tales

• The Canterbury Tales
  • The Knights Tale
  • The Miller's Tale
  • The Reeve's Tale
  • The Cook's Tale
  • The Man of Law's Tale
  • The Wife of Bath's Tale
  • The Friar's Tale
  • The Summoner's Tale
  • The Clerk's Tale
  • The Merchant's Tale
  • The Squire's Tale
  • The Franklin's Tale
  • The Physician's Tale
  • The Pardoner's Tale
  • The Shipman's Tale
  • The Prioress's Tale
  • Sir Thopas's Tale
  • The Tale of Melibee
  • The Monk's Tale
  • The Nun's Priest's Tale
  • The Second Nun's Tale
  • The Canon's Yeoman's Tale
  • The Manciple's Tale
  • The Parson's Tale

Archetypes, myths and cultural patterns

• The Muse
• Faust and The Deal with The Devil
• The Company of Wolves
• Paperhouse
• Moby Dick
• Frankenstein
• Dracula
• Scapegoat
• The Golem
• Apocalypse
• Babies in Baskets Floating Down Rivers
• Pachisi
• The Ontological Argument
• The Egyptian Archetypes in The Wizard of Oz
• Chess
• Atlantis

People

• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
• George Lakoff
• Gregory Bateson
• Max Black
• I.A. Richards
• Gilles Fauconnier
• Paul Ricoeur
• Idries Shah
• Nossrat Peseschkian

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