Sueli Lopes

Writing is my way of overflowing, of contributing to a better world. I believe in the social function of literature. I believe that the principles of life can be incorporated into stories; for they have universal strength, as well as spout from a universal source of the shared universal unconscious and reflect universal concerns. As Christopher Vogler said:

"the healing power of words is their most magical aspect. Writers, such as shamans or healers, from ancestral cultures, have the potential to be curative .

We writers share the divine power of shamans. Not only do we travel to other worlds, but we create them in another space and time with the magical power to retain those words and bring them back in the form of stories for others to share.

Our stories have the power to heal, to remake the world.

Give people metaphors for which they can better understand their own lives."