The Conference of the Birds: A Telling of the Great Sufi Folktale

Medicine of the Starry Heavens's Stories from Stardust presents...

The Conference of the Birds:

A Telling of the Great Sufi Folktale

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The Great Turning has arrived and the birds of the world have gathered to plan a sojourn through the mystical landscape of these alchemical times. Some fear it is the Times of Trouble and the dangers are too many. Others seek the whispers and unveiling hidden inside the pain and suffering of the world. A few who remember their lost longing venture off with the Hoopoe, the great guide of pilgrim souls, who promises to take them on a perilous journey to find the Phoenix of the Lake, the mythic bird who holds the long forgotten secret of the world’s renewal.

The Conference of the Birds is the great Sufi epic poem and folktale from medieval Persia, carrying the mythopoetic murmurs of the Starry River & the Silk Road. It was written by 12th century poet Farid ud-Din Attar. This will be an astrology-rich, alchemically-infused contemporary telling.

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What is Stories from Stardust?

A one of a kind story-telling, stargazing deep-dive that braids together myth, cosmology & poetics with intellectual history, cultural remembering, practical astronomy & heart-centered teachings. These events are a form of ritual attunement that weave together imagination, landscape, cross-cultural star-lore, wonder, ancient perceptions & an alchemical courting of the night sky. I tell stories the way our ancestors did: under the night sky, around a fire, along shorelines, communing with the treasure trove of constellational images and folklore that is our starry heavens. Doing it this way is an inheritance that reaches deep into an embodied culture of belonging and plucks the long-forgotten heartstrings of the human psyche.

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Date: Friday, November 21st

Time: Doors 6:30pm, Telling 7pm

Where: Ritual Botanica, 10 Old Leicester Hwy, Woodfin, NC - (and live on Zoom)

*important directions and parking info below*

Suggested donation: $12-36, no one turned away for lack of funds

You can Venmo @MedicineOfTheStarryHeavens, book a ticket here, or bring cash the night of the event.

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This event is indoors. There will be chairs available, but bring blankets and cushions if you want to get cozy, or whatever you need to be comfy and open to the medicine of the starry heavens.

Thank you to Ritual Botanica for hosting us in their magical apothecary! www.ritualbotanica.com

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Zoom info
Meeting ID: 810 4745 1754
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81047451754

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***Directions/Parking***

Type "ritual botanica" into Google or Apple Maps and it will bring you to the right place. Usually typing in the address does not bring you to the right place. There is a graphic shared below that shows where you can park.

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Frank Salzano is an astrologer, cultural astronomer & storyteller that focuses on old-world astrology, cross-cultural star myths, and celestial folklore.

Learn more at www.medicineofthestarryheavens.com