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A reference library for students and practitioners of Metaphors of Movement.
Background reading, examples and cultural connections to accompany your training.
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Six starting points through language, movement, research, Campbell, literature and conversation.
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Subjects & language
- Subject indexLandscapes, weather, the body, movement and objects.
- Concepts and languageMetaphor, communication and background ideas.
- Idioms A–ZExpressions and idiom collections.
Stories & people
- Stories and literatureFairy tales, myths, novels and collections.
- People and authorsBiographical reference pages.
- Joseph Campbell guideStories, themes, authors and free source material.
Research & connections
- Research libraryFree books, papers and reading routes.
- Metaphor AtlasIllustrated starting points and connected reading.
- Comparative metaphor libraryBarriers, movement, agency, shelter and belonging.
Core reading
New to the ideas? Start with the approach, then explore how language, position and bodily experience connect.
- About the approachAn introduction to Metaphors of Movement.
- Metaphor CategoriesLinguistic types of metaphor.
- Situational Relational PositioningPosition, relationship and movement.
- Embodied CognitionThought, language and bodily experience.
- Idiomatic, Literal and Figurative CommunicationDistinctions in everyday language.
- Metaphors of EmotionMetaphor and emotional experience.
- Metaphor Across Languages and CulturesWording, imagery and translation.
Training and events
This wiki complements the training; it does not teach the model itself.
- Metaphors in My AtticLevel 1 material and additional resources.
- Metaphors MasteryIn-depth material accompanying Levels 1 and 2.
- The Esoteric Study GroupAdvanced study material.
- Business and Money MetaphorsLevels 4 and 5.
- The Time PortalLevel 6.
- Presentation Companion LibraryBackground reading and discussion questions for the Metaphor Society programme.
About this wiki
Metaphors of Movement explores how the language people use can reveal their experience of problems, relationships and possibilities for movement.
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