Word magic in an animate world
A conversation between Sharon Blackie and David Abram
Nostos Institute
The Nostos Institute offers an intellectually rigorous and imaginative path to personal & collective re-enchantment – founded by Dr Sharon Blackie and based at Broughton Sanctuary. https://nostos.institute
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Nostos, the art of enchantment, and the cultivation of the mythic imagination
‘At a time when many feel spiritually unanchored, disconnected both from organised religion and surface-level wellness culture, the Nostos Institute provides something rare: a rooted, intellectually rigorous and deeply imaginative path to personal and collective re-enchantment.
Why we need a form of spirituality – and a way of living and thinking – that brings women and men together
Nostos Institute newsletter, March 2026
An invitation to the Nostos Institute: a spiritual homecoming
This is a cross-post from my other Substack, The Art of Enchantment.
Welcome to the Nostos Institute
‘The task is to give birth to the old in a new time.’
The psychology behind Nostos
What is depth psychology?
Philosophy as a way of life
For the love of wisdom
Why is Nostos a 'spiritual homecoming'?
Wanderers retracing our steps