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
    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