Welcome to The Sleeping Almanac. Tonight we open Season Four, the Odyssey, at the very beginning of the road to Troy. Long before the wooden horse, before the ten long years, a thousand ships put out to sea for the first time and made land on the wrong shore. This is the story of the false start, the wounded king, and the strange oracle that said the one who dealt the wound was the only one who could heal it. A slow, gentle telling for sleep, calm enough to drift to and rich enough to stay awake for if you choose.

Close your eyes. Let the fire on the beach burn low. There is nothing to do now but listen and rest.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Welcome and the Singer at the Fire
4:44 Chapter One: The Morning After the Dawn
12:34 Chapter Two: The Sea Without Signposts
19:15 Chapter Three: The Landfall That Lied
25:15 Chapter Four: The King of the Wrong Country
35:04 Chapter Five: The Spear and the Wound
42:09 Chapter Six: The Scattering
48:36 Chapter Seven: The Years Between
55:53 Chapter Eight: The Wound That Would Not Close
1:03:45 Chapter Nine: The Beggar at the Door of the Kings
1:15:07 Chapter Ten: The Rust of the Spear
1:24:18 Chapter Eleven: The Guide Who Knew the Water
1:34:07 Chapter Twelve: Goodnight and the Road Found at Last

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🎙️ Sleep stories from history, Kingdoms at Dusk: https://kingdomsatdusk.com
📖 All our worlds: https://gildenmyth.com
🕊️ Goddess sleep meditations, The Tender Hour: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTenderHourChannel
🎙️ David's interview podcast, Conversations That Count: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsThatCount-CTC
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