Robin Hood takes the Sheriff of Nottingham Deep into Sherwood Forest: a journey in story and song

Abstract: Two generations of settler Sherwood descendants share their spiritual journey starting with mythical creation, to legendary enclosure of Sherwood Forest, through historical enclosure of colonized lands, resting in present ecological crisis caused by people shaped by these stories. Along the way they face their own enclosed souls, tear down enclosures inside and out, and call upon the powers of healing ancestral and community traumas through original songs and storytelling.

Presenter bio: 

Benjamin Seavey, aka Azura the Bard, shares his personal journey of deep spiritual, ancestral, and communal healing through his soulful songwriting and singing, while reconnecting to ghosts of his European indigenous roots through learning from living indigenous traditions, somatic release trauma therapies, plant medicines, and relational healing with like-minded community. The Rev. Gail Seavey, Ben’s mother, graduated from HDS 1990. Retired after 30 years serving Unitarian Universalist congregations as an after-pastor minister focused on individual and institutional healing, her 2016 Berry St. Essay helped push the UUA’s transformation towards ethical responses to ministerial misconduct.

Affiliation: Unitarian Universalist Parish