MICHAEL MEADE on Cultivating Mythic Imagination [ENCORE] /270

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🗓️ 26 January 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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This week we are rebroadcasting our interview with Michael Meade, originally aired in June of 2019. The crises of cosmological, mythological and psychological disconnection from nature, from ourselves, and from each other may drive us to places of darkness and suffering; and yet there is great potential in that darkness to interact with creative energy. Retracing meaning through archetypal myth offers an opportunity to understand the great challenge of our time to heal the planet from its wounds, and to refresh our dominant worldview with one based on connection and imagination. This week, journey into Michael Meade’s expansive vision of awakening ancient meaning for the individual and collective consciousness. Michael Meade, D.H.L., is a renowned storyteller, author, and scholar ofmythology, anthropology, and psychology. He combines hypnotic storytelling,street-savvy perceptiveness, and spellbinding interpretations of ancient mythswith a deep knowledge of cross-cultural rituals. He is the author of The GeniusMyth, Fate and Destiny: The Two Agreements of The Soul, Why the WorldDoesn’t End, The Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of the Soul andeditor, with James Hillman and Robert Bly, of Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart. Meade is the founder of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, a nonprofit network ofartists, activists, and community builders that encourages greater understandingbetween diverse peoples.Music by Izaak Opatz.Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.Support the show

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0:47.4	Welcome to For the Wild Podcast, I'm Ayanna Young. This week we are re-broadcasting our
0:53.5	interview with Michael Mead, originally aired in June of 2019. We hope you enjoy this special
0:59.9	encore episode. When the planet is in this much trouble, we're in the dark night of the soul
1:11.3	of the planet itself, then we are strangely closer to the seeds of imagination that can be used
1:19.1	to reinvigorate life and also possibly heal, not just personally, but on a collective and possibly
1:26.9	planetary level. Today we are speaking with Michael Mead. Michael is a renowned storyteller, author,
1:37.6	and scholar of mythology, anthropology, and psychology. He combines hypnotic storytelling,
1:43.9	street savvy perceptiveness, and spellbinding interpretations of ancient myths with the deep
1:49.5	knowledge of cross-cultural rituals. He is the author of the genius, myth, fate, and destiny,
1:56.7	the two agreements of the soul, why the world doesn't end, the water of life, initiation,
2:02.8	and the tempering of the soul. Mead is the founder of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation,
2:08.4	a nonprofit network of artist, activist, and community builders that encourages
2:13.8	greater understanding between diverse peoples. Well, Michael, thank you so much for joining us
2:19.5	today on For The Wild. It's really a pleasure to have you with us. Great to be with you, I am.
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