ritual
    intense, experiential, archetypal structure that recreates / transforms identity
    deep immersion in the experience
    a non-rational archaic language
    performs meaning at a deeper level of identity
    transitional [see Rite of Passage]
        birth
        naming
        coming of age
        graduation
        marriage
        divorce
        death
    continuity
        anniversary
        holiday / cyclic
        affirm, connect & regenerate values / identity
    healing
        trauma
        rape / assault
        loss of child
        major illness
        recovery & reincorporation
    atonement
        apology & redress
Constantin Stanislavski
    imagination [what could or can be] & fantasy
    focus of attention on "stage"
    relaxation
        physical / muscular
    units [units mark the path] & objective [what am i doing?]
    your sense of truth & faith in the reality of your sensations
    emotional memories
        relive them
    communion
    adaptation
        how do you reach your audience?
    inner motives
        feeling
        mind
        will
    the unbroken line
        flows from past, to present, and into the future
    the inner creative state
        determining & feeling the underlying purpose
    the super-objective
        all parts should point to the super-objective
    the region of the subconscious
        to do without thought [see Zen]
the art of storytelling [see Oral Tradition]
    dynamic
    immediate
    flexible
        changes to match audience
    interactive
    Jim Henson
    folktales
 
An Actor Prepares - Constantin Stanislavski
Building a Character - ibid
Creating a Role - ibid
Awakening the Hidden Storyteller - Robin Moore
The Courage to Love: Principles and Practices of Self-Relations Psychotherapy
    - Stephen Gilligan  
The Storyteller's Start-up Book - Margaret Read MacDonald