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After studying art and the classics of philosophy and science, Sean Kramer lived for two decades as monk and hermit. He studied Russian icon painting and the ancient art techniques of egg-tempera and fresco. He works to bring together the horizontal traditions of human cultural transmission with the vertical illuminations from the angelic world. The Angels speak with and guide humans through images and light--through art and teaching Sean hopes to bring himself and others into more conscious collaboration with the Angelic guides.]]>enEducationCopyright Bring Me 2 Life Networkhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/d9a9c2f3947d2d62960957d65aa466bf.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/under-their-spell--1880173Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:29:19 +0000Bring Me 2 Life NetworkBring Me 2 Life Networkfeeds@spreaker.comFairy tales are both stories of transformation and symbolic poetry. They are gifts from our ancestors, offering symbols and guidance for our human development. In this show artist, philosopher and teacher Sean Kramer will lead us into the imaginal...
About the Host

After studying art and the classics of philosophy and science, Sean Kramer lived for two decades as monk and hermit. He studied Russian icon painting and the ancient art techniques of egg-tempera and fresco. He works to bring together the horizontal traditions of human cultural transmission with the vertical illuminations from the angelic world. The Angels speak with and guide humans through images and light--through art and teaching Sean hopes to bring himself and others into more conscious collaboration with the Angelic guides.]]>falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-singing-soaring-lark--12305471https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12305471Fri, 07 Jul 2017 22:08:09 +0000Bring Me 2 Life NetworkThe Alchemy of Relationship: A meditation on the “Singing Soaring Lark”, a fairy tale about what comes after the ‘happily ever after’. This tale gives a description through symbols of the process of a committed relationship. Some fairy tales end...4463fairy,lark,singing,soaring,talesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/snow-white--12013318https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12013318Thu, 01 Jun 2017 21:32:59 +0000Bring Me 2 Life NetworkIn this fairy tale meditation, we will contemplate the alchemical processes of transformation symbolized in fairy tales, especially in the richly symbolic story of Snow White.4105fairy,meditating,snow,tale,whitefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/little-red-riding-hood--11726342
In the show we will look at the story of little red riding hood, and meditate on the theme of appearance and reality in fairytales. The enchanted world of the fairytale is a strange realm in which things can appear other than they are. The fairytale forest is a dangerous space in which one can be seduced and deceived, where one can wander or become lost. It has the capacity to devour and destroy. Yet it also contains powers for transformation and rebirth.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/11726342Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:37:26 +0000Bring Me 2 Life NetworkHere We Wonder in Illusions In the show we will look at the story of little red riding hood, and meditate on the theme of appearance and reality in fairytales. The enchanted world of the fairytale is a strange realm in which things can appear other...
In the show we will look at the story of little red riding hood, and meditate on the theme of appearance and reality in fairytales. The enchanted world of the fairytale is a strange realm in which things can appear other than they are. The fairytale forest is a dangerous space in which one can be seduced and deceived, where one can wander or become lost. It has the capacity to devour and destroy. Yet it also contains powers for transformation and rebirth.]]>4171fairytales,hood,little,red,ridingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-the-wild-things-are--11417588
This contemporary fairy tale describes a boys efforts to resolve inner conflicts arising in family life by taking an imaginative journey. We will use this tale to meditate more on the ‘story’ aspect of fairy tales: the arising and resolving of conflicts, both inner and outer.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/11417588Sat, 18 Mar 2017 00:02:34 +0000Bring Me 2 Life NetworkUntying the Knots of the Soul through Imaginative Journeys. This contemporary fairy tale describes a boys efforts to resolve inner conflicts arising in family life by taking an imaginative journey. We will use this tale to meditate more on the...
This contemporary fairy tale describes a boys efforts to resolve inner conflicts arising in family life by taking an imaginative journey. We will use this tale to meditate more on the ‘story’ aspect of fairy tales: the arising and resolving of conflicts, both inner and outer.]]>3850are,meditatingonfairytales,things,where,wildfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cat-in-the-hat--10916955
The modern children’s story “The Cat in the Hat”, while not strictly a fairy tale, has fairy tale qualities. It also provides a more apparent example of something that can be less obvious in fairy tales: that the imaginative world of the fairy tale, and the dark forest or underworld, is a way to make more sensible to us our own more hidden inner souls and their conflicts.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/10916955Sat, 18 Feb 2017 22:24:22 +0000Bring Me 2 Life NetworkExternalizing Inner Conflicts Through the Imagination The modern children’s story “The Cat in the Hat”, while not strictly a fairy tale, has fairy tale qualities. It also provides a more apparent example of something that can be less obvious in...
The modern children’s story “The Cat in the Hat”, while not strictly a fairy tale, has fairy tale qualities. It also provides a more apparent example of something that can be less obvious in fairy tales: that the imaginative world of the fairy tale, and the dark forest or underworld, is a way to make more sensible to us our own more hidden inner souls and their conflicts.]]>4273about,cat,hat,in,thefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-devil-s-three-golden-hairs-conflicts-with-culture--10357797https://api.spreaker.com/episode/10357797Sat, 21 Jan 2017 21:43:04 +0000Bring Me 2 Life NetworkThe fairy tale “The Devil’s Three Golden Hairs” symbolizes some fundamental conflicts humans have when coming into this world: conflicts with the established cultures and traditions. This fairy tale also offers beautiful examples of ‘parallelism’ in...3764devils,golden,hairs,meditatingonfairytales,threefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mother-holle-healing-archetypal-wounds--10125471https://api.spreaker.com/episode/10125471Sat, 17 Dec 2016 02:25:52 +0000Bring Me 2 Life NetworkIn this fairytale meditation we will explore the fairytale called "Mother Holle". In this tale a young girl with a troubled family life journeys to the realm of Mother Holle for healing and transformation. We will meditate to see what the imagery of...4071archetypalwounds,fairy,hole,mother,talefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fairy-tales-and-archetypes--9916275https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9916275Sat, 19 Nov 2016 20:11:30 +0000Bring Me 2 Life NetworkUsing the fairy tales we have meditated on so far, in this episode we will explain what really is an archetype and see how an understanding of archetypes illuminates what is occurring in fairy tales and why they have such power.3872archetypes,are,fairy,tales,whatfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-frog-prince-time-and-development-in-fairy-tales--9695643https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9695643Sat, 22 Oct 2016 01:28:40 +0000Bring Me 2 Life NetworkHaving seen in previous episodes how place and landscape are symbolic in fairy tales, "the Frog Prince" will show us that time also is non-literal and symbolic. More than being hero-quest stories, fairy tales symbolize developmental life transitions.3790fairy,frog,meditating,prince,talefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fitcher-s-bird-dissociative-fantasy-vs-symbolic-imagination--9474498https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9474498Fri, 23 Sep 2016 21:13:46 +0000Bring Me 2 Life NetworkFitcher’s Bird: Dissociative Fantasy vs. Symbolic Imagination. The fairy tale “Fitcher’s Bird” provides images about different uses of the imagination. From it we can draw guidance regarding healthy and unhealthy uses of imagination.3744bird,fantasy,fitcher's,imagination,podcastfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hansel-and-gretel-through-the-forest--9235932https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9235932Sun, 21 Aug 2016 23:49:10 +0000Bring Me 2 Life NetworkWe will first review the tale of Hansel and Gretel. Then we will meditate on the symbolism of the Cake House, and the less noticed but significant role of the birds in the journey of Hansel and Gretel through the forest.3993fairy,gretel,hansel,show,talesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-goose-girl-love-and-the-true-self--9051889https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9051889Sun, 24 Jul 2016 20:54:17 +0000Bring Me 2 Life NetworkThe Goose Girl: Love and the True Self. In this show we will meditate on the fairy tale called “The Goose Girl”. We will discover how this fairy tale is a symbolic externalization of one of the main inner conflicts that occurs in the soul of the...3574fairy,girl,goose,show,talefalsefull