"See You at the Barricades, My Friends" - Metallica and the New Regenerative Mythology. Workshop Outline & Vision by William George Paul & willipaul.studio

Prelude -

"Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings. Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams. Blinded by me, you can't see a thing. Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream. Master. Master, Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream. Master. Master." From: Master of Puppets

James Hetfield has been the face and voice of Metallica since the very beginning. When fans think of Metallica, it's impossible not to hear Hetfield's signature growl ring through their ears. He embodies all that is mighty Metallica.

Inspiration surrounded Hetfield throughout his formative years, both for the music he'd play and lyrics he'd later write with Metallica. His family's values revolved around the religious system of Christian Science, and those beliefs would play a big role for many of the lyrics behind Metallica's songs. The influence of Hetfield's music style came from bands like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Thin Lizzy. Hetfield has also said that Aerosmith played a big role in his childhood, making a huge musical impact in his life.

Read: James Hetfield – Full Biography

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Regenerative Mythology – "Making Stories for Our future"-

"A way to design, build, to share; to experience and contribute new values to the community. Mythology for our generation." - WOX

Regenerative Mythology is a community of practice (CoP): a group of people who share a craft and/or a profession. Please join the Regenerative Mythology Group at LinkedIn to participate now. Other apps are coming soon.

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Foundation Resources: 4 Metallica Songs with Partial Lyrics -

Enter Sandman

"Say your prayers, little one. Don't forget, my son, to include everyone. Tuck you in, warm within. Keep you free from sin till the Sandman he comes. Sleep with one eye open. Gripping your pillow tight. Exit: light. Enter: night. Take my hand. We're off to never never land."

For Whom the Bell Tolls

"Take a look to the sky just before you die. It's the last time he will. Blackened roar, massive roar, fills the crumbling sky. Shattered goal fills his soul with a ruthless cry. Stranger now, are his eyes, to this mystery. He hears the silence so loud. Crack of dawn, all is gone except the will to be. Now they see what will be, blinded eyes to see. For whom the bell tolls. Time marches on. For whom the bell tolls."

The Unforgiven

"What I've felt, what I've known never shined through in what I've shown. Never be. Never see. Won't see what might have been. What I've felt, what I've known. Never shined through in what I've shown. Never free, never me. So I dub thee unforgiven."

Nothing Else Matters

"Trust I seek and I find in you, Every day for us something new, Open mind for a different view
And nothing else matters

Never cared for what they say, Never cared for games they play, Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know, And I know

So close no matter how far, Couldn't be much more from the heart, Forever trusting who we are
No nothing else matters"

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Regenerative Mythology is a new community-oriented approach to storytelling, folklore and mythology from William George Paul & willipaul.studio. "Regenerative" incorporates values that revitalizes existing human and natural resources with new visions for our evolving planet and Nature.

Regenerative Mythology Values -

Community First
Sharing (dissolving profit-taking)
Local Food and Energy Systems
Interdisciplinary
Inclusive
Ground up
Not elitist, not academic or corporate
"From the soil"

Potential Themes & Elements in Regenerative Mythology -

Universal scope
Makers - active innovation / visioning
Journey, Initiation, Community as Hero
Nature Symbolism, Eco-Alchemy and Artifacts
Environmental and Sound Archetypes
Journey Mapping
Threat of apocalypse
Sharing in real time with social media
Future/ Sci Fi - triggered
Nature is Sacred
Permaculture and Transition Towne supported
Families and Neighborhoods as Catalysts for Change

RM Media Types -

Stories
Myths
Initiations
Rituals
Traditions

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Mythic Components in the Metallica Canon -

I. Narratives / Themes –

Present day Christian angst and redemption
Forgiveness
Community care
Light and Darkness
Heaven and Hell

II. Faith (in what? In who?)

III. The Sacred - God's Love

IV. Graphic Symbols and Meanings
Monsters & Nightmares
Cemeteries & Crosses
Violence and Death
Struggle
Justice
Atlas (Old Myths)
Snake (Transmutation)

V. Sound Symbols
Live Shows

VI. Archetypes –
Concert Hall Staging
Lights & Video
Tour Bus and Trucks
Devil
Jesus 2.0

VII. Artifacts –
Album covers
Posters
Tattoos
Clothing

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Love in the Regenerative Mythology and Metallica Experience -

Today I post this academic missive as a love letter to a band that is both an alchemic mystery and a spiritual catalyst to me. I have the highest respect for their exciting, pounding master music lore, mythic eyes and community care. Please see this as a New Call to Action, as one mythologist's dream come true. Their symbols, fears, sub-texts and circus lights are the edge of the world on fire; fueling our evolving renaissance with love for God and the spirit they bring to every show, time after time.

But I also wish to posit a civic warning for the ugly ones that would get in our way. Love thy Neighbor, as Metallica sings, comes with vigilance, raw hope and patience to over-come. Family.

Bless the band and all beings on this Planet. Regenerate.

See you at the show: fly!

There are new songs in the air.

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William George Paul
CEO / Exec Producer
Planetshifter.com
WilliPaul.Studio
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