Liturgies, Myth, and the Age of the Wolf with Martin Shaw

In this conversation, Victoria Loorz speaks with Dr. Martin Shaw, mythologist, storyteller, wilderness rites-of-passage guide, and author of seventeen books, including his latest New York Times bestseller, Liturgies of the Wild: Myths That Make Us. Dr. Shaw is the director of the Westcountry School of Myth and founder of the Oral Tradition and Mythic Life courses at Stanford University.Together, they explore the tension between wildness and discipline, myth and religion, exile and return. The conversation wanders through Dartmoor folklore, Orthodox liturgy, the role of beauty and ritual in a disenchanted age, and the deep hunger many people feel for forms of spirituality rooted in mystery, embodiment, and the living world. Martin reflects candidly on what has quietly shifted in him since reconnecting  with the Christian story the spiritual consequences of disconnection from land, and a story that didn’t make the final cut of his book — one that illuminates the challenge of this moment: how to ride the "age of the wolf" with courage and faith.Connect with Martin:Website: drmartinshaw.comWebsite: schoolofmythopoetics.comBook: Liturgies of the Wild: Myths That Make UsBook: ScatterlingsMentioned in the episode:Book: The Great Emergence by Phyllis TickleVideo: Ivan and the Grey WolfConnect with the Center:Website: wildspirituality.earthVictoria's Website: victorialoorz.comEmail: [email protected]: linktr.ee/ctrforwildspiritualityInstagram: @center_for_wild_spiritualityTimestamps:00:00 — Introduction06:03 — Interview Begins10:56 — Re-exploring The Old Stories13:47 — Living Fidelity of Place18:24 — Discipline of the Wild20:42 — What’s Our Current Story?24:41 — The Age of the Wolf28:31 — The Religious Has a Place31:22 — Eastern Orthodox Expressions34:06 — How Jesus Changes Love39:05 — Martin’s Wild Threshold42:03 — Wild Invitation43:36 — Credits