Dr. Martin Shaw
Guest on Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Dr. Martin Shaw is a mythologist, storyteller, and author best known for his books on myth, meaning, and spiritual life, including *Liturgies of the Wild*. He is the director of the Westcountry School of Myth and a Visiting Scholar at the Divinity Faculty of Cambridge University.
Products they talk about
Beowulf👍 Recommends
…describing longer, complex narratives needed for winter storytelling traditions
“You'd be looking for a saga. You'd be looking for Beowulf. You'd be looking for the Poetic Edda. You'd be looking for an Arthurian tale. And those are stories that just have a greater wingspan.”
on Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Bring Them All In (album)👍 Recommends
…highlighting Mike Scott's solo album as another exceptional musical work
“His solo album, Bring Them All In is also phenomenal. I love it to a degree that his fiddle player is a guy called Steve Wickham.”
on Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Fantasia on a Theme for Thomas Tallis (album)👍 Recommends
…citing classical and jazz pieces that inspired awe and beauty from childhood
“I remember being three or four years old and hearing a piece of classical music, Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on a theme for Thomas Tallis, Vaughan Williams again, The Lark Ascending, go do, if you haven't heard them, go listen to this stuff, Arvo Part, John Coltrane, The Love Supreme.”
on Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Fisherman's Blues (album)👍 Recommends
…praising the Waterboys albums as examples of meaningful music that conveys awe
“There's no doubt about it. The records that you just showed me, and I appreciate that they're records, not CDs or tapes or downloads, vinyl, you know, God bless vinyl. Got to listen to the Waterboys on vinyl. Something very, very special happens around This Is The Sea, Fisherman's Blues, Pagan Place, Room to Rome.”
on Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Spirit of Eden (album)👍 Recommends
…listing meaningful music across genres that touches the soul
“Miles Davis, Kind of Blue. I mean, just go talk, talk, Spirit of Eden. It goes on and on. There's nothing like music.”
on Passion Struck with John R. Miles
The Lark Ascending (album)👍 Recommends
…recommending beautiful classical and jazz music that evokes awe and meaning
“I remember being three or four years old and hearing a piece of classical music, Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on a theme for Thomas Tallis, Vaughan Williams again, The Lark Ascending, go do, if you haven't heard them, go listen to this stuff, Arvo Part, John Coltrane, The Love Supreme.”
on Passion Struck with John R. Miles
The Lord of the Rings👍 Recommends
…discussing the difference between myths and mythic stories created by authors
“Surely Lord of the Rings is a myth. Isn't that a myth? And I would say, no, that's a mythic story. It's an incredible, beautiful, powerful, life-changing mythic story... Myth means no author. It's not somebody hunched over a laptop doing a Harry Potter or being a VK Rowling, whoever else it is.”
on Passion Struck with John R. Miles
The Love Supreme (album)👍 Recommends
…listing transformative musical works from classical and jazz traditions
“I remember being three or four years old and hearing a piece of classical music, Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on a theme for Thomas Tallis, Vaughan Williams again, The Lark Ascending, go do, if you haven't heard them, go listen to this stuff, Arvo Part, John Coltrane, The Love Supreme. Miles Davis, Kind of Blue.”
on Passion Struck with John R. Miles
The Poetic Edda👍 Recommends
…naming classic lengthy narratives suited for winter storytelling periods
“You'd be looking for a saga. You'd be looking for Beowulf. You'd be looking for the Poetic Edda. You'd be looking for an Arthurian tale.”
on Passion Struck with John R. Miles