Current courses
Story Medicine - and how to make it
on Tuesday Afternoons in Fremantle
Develop your imagination, create therapeutic metaphors and write healing stories with Horst Kornberger, author of The Power of Stories (Floris Books, UK)
& The Writer's Paasage. In this course of eight weekly sessions we will form a therapeuti story-trading community and follow a secure step-by-step process
that leads from the creation of simple metaphors to the writing of complete stories. All welcome.
Where: St Paul's Anglican Church, Studio Space, 162 Hampton Road, Beaconsfield, WA
When: Eight Tuesdays 1pm - 3pm,
25 Oct - 13 Dec 2011
Cost: $250 full or $200 concession.
Contact: horstkornberger@gmail.com or Ph. (08) 9331 1880
For more information about the course, download the flyer.
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Story Medicine - and how to make it
on Friday Mornings in Swanbourne
Develop your imagination, create therapeutic metaphors and write healing stories with Horst Kornberger, author of The Power of Stories (Floris Books, UK) & The Writer's Paasage. In this course of eight weekly sessions we will form a therapeuti story-trading community and follow a secure step-by-step process that leads from the creation of simple metaphors to the writing of complete stories. All welcome.
Where: Tom Collins House, crn. Wood and Kirkwood St, Swanbourne
When: Eight Fridays 10am - Noon, 28 Oct - 16 Dec 2011
Cost: $250 full or $200 concession.
Contact: FAWWA, (08) 9384 4771 Email: admin@fawwa.org.au
For more information about the course, download the flyer.
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Courses 2012
The Writer's Passage
on Thursday Afternoons in Bibra Lake
The Writer's Passage is a yearlong journey into working creatively with the word. It offers a rich encounter with the great myths, legends, sacred texts and literary works that form the poetic heritage of humanity. It is not an intellectual study, but a living recapitulation of human experience through the practice of creative writing. The course is suitable for both beginners and seasoned writers.
For more information, download the flyer.
Where: Perth Waldorf School, Gwilliam Drive, Bibra Lake, WA
When: Thursdays 5pm - 7.30pm, First term: 16 Feb - 29 Mar
When: Thursdays 5pm - 7.30pm, 2nd term: 26 Apr - 21 Jun
When: Thursdays 5pm - 7.30pm, 3rd term: 26 Jul - 20 Sep
When: Thursdays 5pm - 7.30pm, 4th term: 18 Oct - 06 Dec
Cost: $380 per term, concessions available
Contact: School of Integral Art, PO Box 456 Hamilton Hill, WA - 6963
Ph. +61 (0)8 9331 1880 or horstkornberger@gmail.com
For more information about the course, download the flyer.
More info regarding content: The official companion website to the book.
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The Writer's Passage
on Friday mornings in Swanbourne
The Writer's Passage is a yearlong journey into working creatively with the word. It offers a rich encounter with the great myths, legends, sacred texts and literary works that form the poetic heritage of humanity. It is not an intellectual study, but a living recapitulation of human experience through the practice of creative writing. The course is suitable for both beginners and seasoned writers.For more information, download the flyer.
Where: FAWWA Mattie Furphy House, Allen Park, Swanbourne, WA
When: Fridays 9.30am - noon, First term: 17 Feb - 30 Mar
When: Fridays 9.30am - noon, 2nd term: 27 Apr - 22 Jun
When: Fridays 9.30am - noon, 3rd term: 27 Jul - 21 Sep
When: Fridays 9.30am - noon, 4th term: 19 Oct - 07 Dec
Cost: $380 per term, concessions available
Contact: FAWWA, (08) 9384 4771 Email: admin@fawwa.org.au
Ph. +61 (0)8 9331 1880 or horstkornberger@gmail.com
For more information about the course, download the flyer.
More info regarding content: The official companion website to the book.
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Pro-Vision
Pro-Vision offers a new approach to team spirit and organizational development through metaphoric thinking of the development of symbolic capital.
Read more in our PDF flyer: Pro-Vision.
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Past courses - available on request
The Festival Course
A part-time course in 2011 with Jennifer Kornberger, Horst Kornberger, Paul Lawrence and Jane Shannahan.
The idea is to form a troupe who wants to create new festivals of the spirit. We will work with drama and music - the newest work of Jennifer Kornberger and Paul Lawrence - and shape events of culture that are then gifted to this community.
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The Writer's Passage - a journey to the sources of creativity
The Writer's Passage (formerly Working the Word) is a part time course that offers a new approach to the
art of creative writing: a journey through time in which students experience the whole literary adventure of
humanity through their own writing. I have modelled the course on the principles of Waldorf Education modified to
suit adult writers. I have found that following the course of historical time greatly enhanced creative capability
and writing momentum.
This course is available online.
Back to TopThe Power of Stories (formerly Story Medicine and how to make it)
Story Medicine was a year-long part time course that explored the healing potential of stories. Central to the
course was the development of imagination through the making of new tales. My research into story and the pathways
developed in the programme are contained in my book
'The Power of Stories',
published by Floris Books, UK.
Read more on my website. Follow the link 'Read more'...
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Bardo of the West - exploring life afer death
Bardo of the West is a 7 day creative writing intensive on the essential stages of biography including the phases
of life after death. The process is based on the transformation of memory into imagination and the ability of individuals
to support each other in the journey through the depth dimension of soul.
- Making a Life Map by following archetypal themes contained in the seven-year cycles and writing them down.
- From Memory to Imagination utilizes our ability to transform our memories into imaginative stories.
- Creating the Bardo - a bardo is a travel map for the human soul to orient itself in the life after death. We will attempt to create a communal bardo through working with shared imaginations.
- Act on your Life (optional) - the last step is to recast the imaginal pictures of the bardo into dramatic scenes and act them out to heighten their cathartic effect. This step is optional and requires a two week commitment.
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Biographical Writing - from memory to imagination
In the course Biographical Writing - from memory to imagination, human life is a grand orchestral piece that plays universal
themes in seven-year movements. Our individual lives are breathtaking improvisations on top of this steady rhythm. In this course
one learns to listen for the background music.
Through writing one explores seven-year life cycles to gain insight into the past and orientation for the future. This ten week course offers a powerful vantage point from which to order memories of the past and envision the future in community with other writers. The course culminates in an exploration of the soul's journey beyond life.
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Metamorphosis - transforming your life story
Many unresolved issues in our life are stories not properly told. They are tales frozen in interpretations. Through the
process of Imaginal Metamorphosis we can thaw our stories from this imprisonment and allow them to become what they are truly
meant to be: personal myths and important steps on our journey toward ourself. Participants in this process rewrite their tales
and learn to give and take story medicine in community with others.
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The Calling - a course for men
The Calling - a course for men - within the masculine destiny there are challenges and resolutions common to all men.
In this course we use simple writing techniques to access the directive powers within these experiences. This course is
for men who want to hear their calling and find ways with which to clarify their life journey.
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The Grammar of Love
In the biography of every human being there are key moments that birth creativity. If these moments are missed creative expression suffers. In our course we revisit these key moments and give them their due. We re-enact the courtship of the muse. This powerfully liberates poetic potential
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Seven Steps to Creativity - an apprenticeship for writers
Seven creative writing workshops designed to spark creative fire and writing competence:
- Breaking the Writing Block - a creative recovery
- Soul of Writing - embracing the poetic self
- Master of Metaphor - imagination as mentor
- Compassionate Writing - shifting the creative perspective
- An Apprenticeship with Nature - writing as an ecological act
- Language and Landscape - discovering the script of the earth
- Writing and Meditation - courting the creative self