The Labyrinth of Love
The image of the Labyrinth appears in different forms. Some depictions show an angular network of pathways and turns, the purpose of which is to entrap and conceal what lies within. In the story of Theseus, Ariadne, and the Minotaur is such a labyrinth, such a prison, that keeps the Minotaur locked away.
The Labyrinth of Love is a project conceived by Boe Huntress and Benjamin Douglas to reckon with the maze our modern context forces us to confront as we seek belonging, connectedness, and love.
We draw on different psychological frameworks, including attachment theory. Even as we use these models, we acknowledge their fraught origins in patriarchal/colonial/individualistic cultures and the inherent limitations they therefore carry. We cultivate an understanding of the origins of our modern understanding of romantic love and seek a deeper connectedness that accounts for the rupture between our civilized world and the wild roots from which we come.
Boe and Ben weave a robust tapestry of scientific findings, lived experience, archetypal understanding, and psychological/somatic education. We’ve each spent extensive time in apprentice style and more conventional educational models, but it is their direct experiential relationship with myth which animates this body of work.
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About Benjamin Douglas:
Ben is a bard, somatic practitioner, and mythologist.
He works with myth as medicine for these uncertain times, turning to them with reverence and curiosity about their many-layered teahings. His recent work has included an expansive telling of the story of Orpheus, ongoing development of a course exploring myths of soul initiation, love, and relationship, and a book which takes a mythic look at the film franchise known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
More about Ben on his website here.
About Boe Huntress:
Boe is the creator of A Female Power and Medusa, epic re-tellings of ancient myths performed at Union Chapel, London, and was a part of Bone Song, a storytelling troupe in Totnes who performed a magical telling of Skeleton Woman, amongst other stories.
Boe is a musician, facilitator and mentor.