Project Author:
Shanon Harwood
More than 40 years ago,
Shanon became interested
in
tarot and astrology. This
passion was augmented when,
as a young woman, she moved to Dubai where she worked
for a local newspaper and wrote feature articles on the various
religions represented in the region.
Shanon marvelled that although
the terminology and ceremony differed from religion to religion, each faith was essentially saying the same thing. This concept was further supported at university where Religious Studies drew a similar parallel to ancient gods and goddesses from around the world - once again, different names representing the exact same energy.
Armed with this contention, Shanon went to work and over a two-year period wrote, “It Depends on Who’s Looking - The Archetype Project”. This work is designed to bring people together in harmony as they study the universality of the Archetypal Energies referred to in religion, folklore and myth.
Workshop Presenters:
Shanon Harwood, Marv Harwood and Nicholas Jones - shamanic practitioners and teachers based in Alberta, Canada. The first full workshop series was launched in 2010 and second series in 2012 by Kimmapii under the stream of Destinistic Shamanism. Based on the success of these workshops, an introductory one-day workshop was developed, being brought to the USA for the first time in 2013. |
History and Background
on The Archetype Project:
For the first time an access has been offered to bridge our lives with the invisible, timeless World of the Archetypes - those Universal Forces and Primordial Energies that guide everything from personal consciousness to the behavior of planets. Through our understanding of how these Energies are impacting us as individuals, we are able to actively engage in forging a new relationship with the Archetypes. In so doing, we actively co-create our destiny rather than simply accepting fate.
The Archetype Project is 40 years in the making and 4 years in development, culminating in an original narrative, a manuscript that is being developed into a film script, a full workshop series and digital products in design. A unique body of artwork, symbols and music representing the cast of Archetypes is presented as a new cosmology for our times. The Project builds on universal archetypes expressed by Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell, reaching beyond their foundational work to empower ordinary people to shift an archetypal relationship to make changes in this lifetime.
The narrative and the original body of distinctions was conceived and written by Shanon Harwood, and later adapted for the workshop with Marv Harwood and Nicholas Jones and a team of volunteers, the Archetype Ambassadors.
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