Parables are a type of disturbing dis-course that have the ability to knock us off course. They quietly confront us with disturbing truths that we try to avoid and have a nasty habit of revealing what we would prefer to keep hidden. 

At turns funny, poignant, irreverent and shocking, they cut into us with surgical precision, reaching deep into the hidden recesses of our soul, operating on those parts of our being that more direct speech can't touch.

Today, as much as ever, we need parables that can speak to the contemporary moment, challenge our orthodoxies and help to bring healing.

So this event kicks off a three part series that will explore how to write parables.

I’ll dissect some of my own parables to show the process in action, and there will be space for people to share parables they are working on for creative critique.

The other two events will take place on 30th October and 27th November.

To participate in these monthly events you need to sign up to the Flame reward on Patreon. This will also give you access to the following,

- Access to the private online community
- Regular reflections
- Coffee and Concepts
- Early access to The Fundamentalists
- Monthly pyroseminars
- Archive of my previous pyroseminars