Readers will know how to tap powerful creative sources deep within themselves and have the tools to use modern metaphors to create stories as significant for today as King Arthur and The Iliad were for their time. Stealing Fire from the Gods will also be of special interest to the followers of the four authors mentioned above. Some important new discoveries have been made in their fields, most notably concerning the cracking of story's symbolic code and the new phenomena which this revealed. The secrets of great stories, it turns out, are the secrets of the human mind. And the study of story is the study of these remarkable phenomena.
Every great story reveals some small piece of that magnificent mystery.
Unlocking the secrets of story unlocks the secrets of the mind. Unlocking the secrets of the mind awakens the power of story within you. Work with that power and you can steal fire from the gods. Master that power and you can create stories that will live forever. Introduction A long time ago, in far-off India, there was a merchant who lived in one of the northern provinces.