Editing Milton H. Erickson (section)

=== Metaphor ===
Erickson sometimes instructed people to climb a mountain or visit a botanical garden. His narrative and experiential metaphors are explored extensively in Sydney Rosen's ''My Voice Will Go With You'', but an example is given in the first chapter of David Gordon's book ''Phoenix''. The following quotes Erickson:<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rosen|first=S.|title=My Voice Will Go With You|publisher=Norton|year=1982|isbn=0-393-01583-1|location=New York|pages=6}}</ref> <blockquote>I was returning from high school one day and a runaway horse with a bridle on sped past a group of us into a farmer's yard looking for a drink of water. The horse was perspiring heavily. And the farmer didn't recognize it so we cornered it. I hopped on the horse's back. Since it had a bridle on, I took hold of the tick rein and said, "Giddy-up." Headed for the highway, I knew the horse would turn in the right direction. ''I'' didn't know what the right direction was. And the horse trotted and galloped along. Now and then he would forget he was on the highway and start into a field. So I would pull on him a bit and call his attention to the fact the highway was where he was '''supposed''' to be. And finally, about four miles from where I had boarded him, he turned into a farmyard and the farmer said, "So '''that's''' how that critter came back. Where did you find him?" I said, "About four miles from here." "How did you know you should come '''here?'''" I said, "I didn't know. The '''horse''' knew. All I did was keep his attention on the road." </blockquote>