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The standard by which you can judge something as having extraordinary and exquisite merit is its recognizability from one accomplished culture to the next. Skilled culture practitioners in those tribes would recognize each other's genius. Their genius is in their generosity of spirit. Stephen Jenkinson -Founder of Orphan Wisdom November 2024 Reminder! We're drawing names for our Fury of the...

Shakespeare was keen on doing in all the lawyers. But for some of the old Greeks, and most of the world's despots, it's been the artists, the poets. Poetry's usually been an outsider's racket.  When it's good, it's edgy business. Saints, fury, eloquence and troubled times: a good round up of suspects. They're what...

Among the great options to choose from in The Scriptorium Fundraiser, the Ensemble has created ~drumroll~ a Private Boreal Session at Orphan Wisdom dedicated to a Founding Patron and 15 of their friends August 13-17, 2025. A Private Founding Patron Boreal Session Stephen will welcome you and your friends, and attend a session with you in the Great...

The Scriptorium Ensemble has a thing for raffles so, we've woven The Scriptorium and the upcoming Fury of the Saints: Poetry and Trouble event together to uplift both incredible endeavours, learn how you can participate below. The Fury of the Saints: Poetry and Trouble Stephen Jenkinson and Guests May 24th-25th Live In-Person in Victoria, BC & Online Livestream...

The Fury of the Saints: Poetry and Trouble Stephen Jenkinson and Guests A live encounter with the poet's calling, with poetry's moral, alchemical force. May 24th-25th Live In-Person in Victoria, BC & Online Livestream Encounter Join Us The Orphan Wisdom School is stabled for now. But the scholar's mind is kicking at the stalls, clamouring for work. Here it is. What is...

  This past Winter, I and a few other scholars travelled to the snow covered shore to sit with Stephen Jenkinson in the great hall and wonder about The Scriptorium. To no one’s surprise, the topic of stories arose: “I didn’t hear it before, didn’t hear somebody say it, but that doesn’t mean it’s mine. Intellectual...

If you are of the boreal born, and are of the north of the hemisphere, as I am, then you and sheep go back a long way. Sheep are anchor to our days of transhumance, and came with us as we took to farming and tilling. Sheep are the linchpin in my small farm's...

A legacy endeavour is no small task. A legacy didn't mean 'a memory', it meant a legation, a gang of emissaries: "Emissaries: those on a mission sent." The emissaries may not be human beings. They might be notions, they might be prayers or frets, or a bit of one's life's work. With this much weight borne,...

Sanity & Soul is available for one more week! Until March 24th, 2025 Experience the depth of Stephen’s work in a pretty unique way as described in 'Die Wise'. Hearing Stephen practice in 4 recorded grief counsel sessions, most with dying people Listening to Stephen's conversations with Dr. Àlex Gómez-Marín and Dr. Manfred Becker discussing the lasting impact...

Tomorrow, Stephen Jenkinson will be speaking with two colleagues to discuss the lasting impact of Die Wise on grief counselling, death doulas, and the way these ideas continue to shape our world, Dr. Àlex Gómez-Marín, a neuroscientist studying human consciousness and on Sunday with Dr. Manfred Becker, filmmaker exploring the afterlife. Those two 90 min. talks will...

This has become a season of intense concentration upon several writing projects. I thought the times of such intensity were done, but I've been wrong before. There is a bit of accountant's math that goes along with that surprise, though: concentration is drawn away from other things. My old penchant for various infinities of...

Join Us March 15 & 16 Earlier this year Stephen agreed to several heart-to-hearts; among those conversations were a handful of counsel calls and a few interviews. Those counsel call conversations are now available to those who have registered for Sanity & Soul: Die Wise, Ten Years On. The three interviews are with men all years younger than...

Early Bird Pricing Ends Tomorrow Join Us  For Canadian Participants: $200 CAD Early Bird Price offer valid until Tuesday, February 18th then $300 CAD For International Participants: $200 USD Early Bird Price offer valid until Tuesday, February 18th then $300 USD  Many among us now are crazy for meanings, and crazed by seeking them out. The meanings of life aren’t inherited. What is inherited is the...

New Price It seems proper now, given the times, the lateness of the hour for some amongst us, that the door of this orphan wisdom which is Die Wise, Ten Years On swings wide open on its hinges, that we might make more of Sanity and Soul with you there in March. Stephen Jenkinson Founder of Orphan Wisdom Join Us  For Canadian Participants: $200 CAD Early Bird Price offer...