TIMELESS WISDOM
"Enlightened" Audiotapes for Children (and for Adults, too!)
By Kumuda Reddy, M.D. Produced by Michael Sternfeld
If you love enchanting tales about the simple truths of life,
you'll
enjoy these new TIMELESS WISDOM AUDIOTAPES of stories from the
Jataka and
Panchatantra traditions
of India. Each story contains "pearls of wisdom" to
entertain and enlighten everyone.
Featuring internationally-renowned storytellers.
Volume I - Magical and Enchanting
"Timeless StoriesTM"
(2
cassettes)
A magical and enchanting selection of stories featuring
award-winning
storyteller Laura Simms, the "Queen of American
Storytelling."
The world music of the Real Myth Ensemble, featuring over 30
instruments, adds a rich universal flavor to these tales of timeless
wisdom.
Audio Cassette Format – Running Time: 2 Hours – $16.95
Volume II - Playful and 'Awe"-some
"Timeless StoriesTM"
(2
cassettes)
These ancient tales
meet their match with the playful humor and
zaniness of award-winning storytellers Diane Ferlatte and Jeffrey
Hedquist. The Real Myth Ensemble adds cultural diversity with musical
styles ranging from African drumming through classical to pure funk.
Audio Cassette Format – Running Time: 2
Hours – $16.95
Myths from the West & East: Event Videos
"Enlightened" Videos for Children and Adults
Produced by the Fairfield Film Society, a non-profit
educational organization
Our Most Excellent Hero's Quest: A Journey through the Ramayana & Star Wars with Side Trips into the Lord of the Rings & Harry Potter
An Educational Adventure Through the Great Heroic Quests of
Ancient and Modern Times
This dynamic, multi-cultural, multi-media video draws young audiences
into the world of mythic heroes, their quests, and how they are all
related. In this highly interactive program, you’ll
discover how Star Wars and the Ramayana are related, and how their
themes re-appear in many other stories, including The Lord of the Rings
and Harry Potter.
Hosted by Michael Sternfeld and Susan Andersen, Ph.D.
Suitable for All Ages – Ideal for Grades 3-7
DVD Format – 75 minutes – in two parts
– $25
The Ramayana: A Living Tradition
A Multi-Cultural Program Exploring The Power of Myth and the
Great Epics of World Civilization
This multi-media program explores the ancient, 3,000-year-old epic and
its relevance to world culture as a living tradition. The
Ramayana is revered as a sacred text to one billion people across the
globe, especially throughout India and Southeast Asia. It has
had seminal impact on Western mythic traditions and popular culture,
such as in the movie Star Wars. Discover the Ramayana as a
cultural wellspring whose values have had a historical and archetypal
influence on world culture while remaining a vital, living tradition in
the world today.
Presented by Eira Patnaik, Ph.D., Michael Sternfeld, MA, With
special guest Wendy Stegall
The Program Features: Audio Clips 
Lecture
Interactive Discussion
Live Performance of Kathak, Classical Indian Dance
VHS – Running Time: 90 minutes –
$25
The live productions were made possible, in part, by a major grant from Humanities Iowa, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.Video productions of the events were made possible, in part, by a grant from the Iowa Arts Council.
NPR Broadcast
– Radio
Event
Available Free on CD with Orders of more than $199
Joan Kjaer, host of the ever-popular NPR show
“Know the Score” interviews mythologists
Michael Sternfeld and Susan Andersen in an epic adventure into the
Odyssey and the Ramayana. In this cross-cultural perspective on myth,
the mind, art and culture. Sternfeld and Andersen dive deep into the
mythic themes of the Ramayana and the Odyssey, play audio clips from
both of the epics and explore some of the subtleties of the structure
of myth within our own consciousness.
One Hour
“Myths
from the West and East” was
made possible
in part, by a major grant from Humanities
Iowa, the state affilliate of the National
Endowment for the
Humanities.
Video
productions of the events were
made possible by a
grant
from the Iowa Arts Council.
The views and opinions expressed by this project do not
necessarily
reflect
those of Humanities Iowa or the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
