AI Wisdom Stories

Ancient tales from around the world, brought to life with bleeding-edge AI tools.

Porcelain Parable

This is a version of an 18th-century Japanese tale about the historical Zen Master Hakuin.

Ascent of Enoch

This AI Wisdom Story is based on the Books of Enoch, biblical apocrypha from the 1st century BCE to the 3rd century CE.

The Fire of Love

This is a modern retelling of a 12th-century Sufi tale.

The Emerald Tablet

This is the legend of the enigmatic text that is the foundation for alchemy. It survives out of the Greek/Egyptian tradition.

Publishing the Sutras

This is a story from Edo-period Japan (17th century).

The Naked Rebellion

This is a story about Liu Ling, a poet and philosopher in 3rd-century China.

Trickster Dreams of NoHo

This AI Wisdom Story is special. Not only is it an original story this time, it stars the incomparable Ray Buffer.

It is inspired by the poems of the Swampy Cree storytellers, Jacob Nibenegenesabe and Samuel Makidemewabe, as collected in The Wishing Bone Cycle.

Coyote Steals Fire

This is a story told by the Shoshone people of the Great Basin region of North America.

Emptiness

This is a story from the earliest days of Buddhism in Northern India.

Bilqis + Sulayman

This is a Persian tale from the 13th century

The Naming of St Christopher

This is a story from the Byzantine Christian ctradition.