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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>Stories of the Journey Home - Storytelling</title><link>http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com</link><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/StoriesOfTheJourneyHome" /><description>Join English Storyteller Leo Sofer on a journey that may change the way you see the world around you. Each story, intricately woven, shines with a wisdom rarely found in our modern world. Leo Sofer tells stories which invite his listeners to into a realm of infinite potential. Here life's greatest treasures can be found, and the keys to our deeper happiness and fulfillment lie waiting in store for us. The Journey Home begins here... A new story every week. http://www.luminaia.com/stories</description><language>en</language><image><link>http://www.luminaia.com/stories</link><url>http://www.luminaia.brainhosting.com/podcasts/StoriesImage.jpg</url><title>Stories of the Journey Home</title></image><lastBuildDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:46:45 PST</lastBuildDate><generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator><sy:updatePeriod xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/">hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/">1</sy:updateFrequency><itunes:summary>Join English Storyteller Leo Sofer on a journey that may change the way you see the world around you. Each story, intricately woven, shines with a wisdom rarely found in our modern world. Leo Sofer tells stories which invite his listeners to into a realm of infinite potential. Here life's greatest treasures can be found, and the keys to our deeper happiness and fulfillment lie waiting in store for us. The Journey Home begins here... A new story posted every week. http://www.StoriesOfTheJourneyHome.com</itunes:summary><itunes:author>Leo Sofer</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="http://www.luminaia.com/stories/images/StoriesImage.jpg" /><itunes:subtitle>Join English Storyteller Leo Sofer on a journey that may change the way you see the world around you. Each story, intricately woven, shines with a wisdom rarely found in our modern world. Leo Sofer tells stories which invite his listeners to into a realm </itunes:subtitle><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/StoriesOfTheJourneyHome" /><feedburner:info uri="storiesofthejourneyhome" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><media:copyright>2012 Leo Sofer</media:copyright><media:thumbnail url="http://www.luminaia.com/stories/images/StoriesImage.jpg" /><media:keywords>spiritual,storytelling,spiritual,stories,spiritual,story,rumi,hafiz,child,audio,story,folktales,myth,myths,folktale,storytelling,childrens,stories,kids,stories,spiritual,folktales,storyteller,god,wisdom</media:keywords><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Arts/Performing Arts</media:category><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Religion &amp; Spirituality/Spirituality</media:category><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Kids &amp; Family</media:category><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Arts</media:category><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Society &amp; Culture/Philosophy</media:category><itunes:owner><itunes:email>info@storiesofthejourneyhome.com</itunes:email><itunes:name>Leo Sofer</itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:keywords>spiritual,storytelling,spiritual,stories,spiritual,story,rumi,hafiz,child,audio,story,folktales,myth,myths,folktale,storytelling,childrens,stories,kids,stories,spiritual,folktales,storyteller,god,wisdom</itunes:keywords><itunes:category text="Arts"><itunes:category text="Performing Arts" /></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Religion &amp; Spirituality"><itunes:category text="Spirituality" /></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Kids &amp; Family" /><itunes:category text="Arts" /><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"><itunes:category text="Philosophy" /></itunes:category><feedburner:browserFriendly>This is a weekly Podcast of Stories of the Journey Home copyright 2005 Leo Sofer.</feedburner:browserFriendly><item><title>Hold the Line, Daddy!</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StoriesOfTheJourneyHome/~3/yEb9sqOqIEg/</link><category>Podcast</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">info@storiesofthejourneyhome.com (Leo Sofer)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:46:44 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/?p=1058</guid><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/2012/02/03/hold-the-line-daddy-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><itunes:subtitle>Four interwoven tales... - A man, irritably brushing aside a boy's innocent questions, realises with alarm how deeply he has shamed him, and seeks to make amends.... - The Princess had all her life been so exulted,</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Four interwoven tales...

A man, irritably brushing aside a boy's innocent questions, realises with alarm how deeply he has shamed him, and seeks to make amends....

The Princess had all her life been so exulted, adored and celebrated that one day she wakes up and has no idea if she is real or not....

A fisherman, who was never an especially successful fisherman, comes face to face with his own underachievement...

A recently widowed father finds himself agonisingly gripped by a longing for his daughter...

Told in Denmark on one of Leo's Intuitive Storytelling Workshops. Leo plays appalacian dulcimer and sings, to accompany the story.



Click the Play button to listen now:</itunes:summary><itunes:author>Stories of the Journey Home</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>47:56</itunes:duration><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StoriesOfTheJourneyHome/~5/o2kgMU-Ws0c/HoldTheLineDaddy-LeoSofer-StoriesOfTheJourneyHome.mp3" fileSize="46036984" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:keywords>spiritual,storytelling,spiritual,stories,spiritual,story,rumi,hafiz,child,audio,story,folktales,myth,myths,folktale,storytelling,childrens,stories,kids,stories,spiritual,folktales,storyteller,god,wisdom</itunes:keywords><description>Four interwoven tales&amp;#8230;
A man, irritably brushing aside a boy&amp;#8217;s innocent questions, realises with alarm how deeply he has shamed him, and seeks to make amends&amp;#8230;.
The Princess had all...&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StoriesOfTheJourneyHome/~4/yEb9sqOqIEg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/2012/02/03/hold-the-line-daddy-2/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StoriesOfTheJourneyHome/~5/o2kgMU-Ws0c/HoldTheLineDaddy-LeoSofer-StoriesOfTheJourneyHome.mp3" length="46036984" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://174.132.156.5/~leosofer/podcasts/HoldTheLineDaddy-LeoSofer-StoriesOfTheJourneyHome.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>The Rock and the Oil Bottle</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StoriesOfTheJourneyHome/~3/Pstka8XFryo/</link><category>Podcast</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">info@storiesofthejourneyhome.com (Leo Sofer)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:01:37 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/?p=1030</guid><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/2012/01/03/the-rock-and-the-oil-bottle-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><itunes:subtitle>Three interwoven tales... - A man waiting for a bus in the rain gets taken in by a charming old bag lady... - A camel driver entrusted with a precious cargo is tormented with the question, "am I worthy of being trusted in this way?</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Three interwoven tales...

A man waiting for a bus in the rain gets taken in by a charming old bag lady...

A camel driver entrusted with a precious cargo is tormented with the question, "am I worthy of being trusted in this way? Won't I just steal all this treasure?!"...

An oil seller finds a large rock in the middle of the road and rolls it home, only to find that it contains the biggest gift, and the biggest challenge, he has ever received....

Told live in Lebensgarten, Germany.</itunes:summary><itunes:author>Stories of the Journey Home</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>54:20</itunes:duration><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StoriesOfTheJourneyHome/~5/MjBf9IdWnq0/LeoSofer-Podcast-TheRockAndTheOilBottle.mp3" fileSize="52192223" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:keywords>spiritual,storytelling,spiritual,stories,spiritual,story,rumi,hafiz,child,audio,story,folktales,myth,myths,folktale,storytelling,childrens,stories,kids,stories,spiritual,folktales,storyteller,god,wisdom</itunes:keywords><description>Three interwoven tales&amp;#8230;
A man waiting for a bus in the rain gets taken in by a charming old bag lady&amp;#8230;
A camel driver entrusted with a precious cargo is tormented with the question,...&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StoriesOfTheJourneyHome/~4/Pstka8XFryo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/2012/01/03/the-rock-and-the-oil-bottle-2/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StoriesOfTheJourneyHome/~5/MjBf9IdWnq0/LeoSofer-Podcast-TheRockAndTheOilBottle.mp3" length="52192223" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://174.132.156.5/~leosofer/podcasts/LeoSofer-Podcast-TheRockAndTheOilBottle.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>The Knight Who Thrived on Fear</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StoriesOfTheJourneyHome/~3/LUEODFF3q7Q/</link><category>Podcast</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">info@storiesofthejourneyhome.com (Leo Sofer)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:55:21 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/?p=996</guid><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/2011/12/01/the-knight-who-thrived-on-fear/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><itunes:subtitle>Three interwoven tales... - A man, petrified most of his life, gets a most shocking and unwelcome visit... - A courageous knight, upon receiving a summons by the king, experiences fear for the first time in his life... - A queen,</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Three interwoven tales...

A man, petrified most of his life, gets a most shocking and unwelcome visit...

A courageous knight, upon receiving a summons by the king, experiences fear for the first time in his life...

A queen, faced with a room in the palace all others were afraid to enter, decides to take on the task for herself... 

Recorded in the Universal Hall Recording Studio, Findhorn, with percussion by Carol Scorer.</itunes:summary><itunes:author>Stories of the Journey Home</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>1:04:54</itunes:duration><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StoriesOfTheJourneyHome/~5/UpFCr3OLxWw/TheKnightWhoThrivedOnFear-LeoSofer-StoriesOfTheJourneyHomePodcast.mp3" fileSize="62334762" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:keywords>spiritual,storytelling,spiritual,stories,spiritual,story,rumi,hafiz,child,audio,story,folktales,myth,myths,folktale,storytelling,childrens,stories,kids,stories,spiritual,folktales,storyteller,god,wisdom</itunes:keywords><description>Three interwoven tales&amp;#8230;
A man, petrified most of his life, gets a most shocking and unwelcome visit&amp;#8230;
A courageous knight, upon receiving a summons by the king, experiences fear for the...&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StoriesOfTheJourneyHome/~4/LUEODFF3q7Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/2011/12/01/the-knight-who-thrived-on-fear/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StoriesOfTheJourneyHome/~5/UpFCr3OLxWw/TheKnightWhoThrivedOnFear-LeoSofer-StoriesOfTheJourneyHomePodcast.mp3" length="62334762" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://174.132.156.5/~leosofer/podcasts/TheKnightWhoThrivedOnFear-LeoSofer-StoriesOfTheJourneyHomePodcast.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>The Ogre and the Water of Life</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StoriesOfTheJourneyHome/~3/14LZ0wWmayM/</link><category>Podcast</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">info@storiesofthejourneyhome.com (Leo Sofer)</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:29:58 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/?p=951</guid><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com/2011/11/02/the-ogre-and-the-water-of-life/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><itunes:subtitle>Three interwoven tales... - An old man rushes deliriously to the palace with a discovery that he is convinced will change the world... - A knight is disturbed by a mouse while preparing himself for battle... - </itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Three interwoven tales...

An old man rushes deliriously to the palace with a discovery that he is convinced will change the world...

A knight is disturbed by a mouse while preparing himself for battle...

An ogre meets a mermaid whose love transforms him...

Told live in Lebensgarten, Germany. Leo also sings and accompanies himself with an appalacian dulcimer. 


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An old man rushes deliriously to the palace with a discovery that he is convinced will change the world&amp;#8230;
A knight is disturbed by a mouse while preparing himself...&lt;br/&gt;
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