SOPHIE STRAND on Myths as Maps [ENCORE]

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🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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This week we are rebroadcasting our episode with Sophie Strand which originally aired in November 2022.

In this winding and lucid conversation, guest Sophie Strand invites us to investigate our relationality, to embrace rot and decay, to welcome our demons to the dinner table, and to prepare for uncertain futures with tenderness. Sophie brings to light the wisdom of the compost heap. What myths do we need for modernity, what wisdom is sedimented within our bodies? Sophie and Ayana tap into deep lines of thought and myth, weaving together conversations and concepts from thousands of years of human history. As the interview asks, “What is it to be human on our most basic level?” To be a human is to be in complicated and compromising relationships – relationships that implicate us within the other, that show us that love is a process of altering and of deep work. Purity is not an option. Sophie Strand is a writer based in the Hudson Valley who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling, and ecology. Her first book of essays The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine will be published by Inner Traditions on November 22, 2022 and is available for pre-order. Her eco-feminist historical fiction reimagining of the gospels The Madonna Secret will also be published by Inner Traditions in Spring 2023. Subscribe for her newsletter at sophiestrand.substack.com. And follow her work on Instagram: @cosmogyny and at www.sophiestrand.com.

Music by Tan Cologne and Mitski. Cover image by Alexandra Levasseur. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.

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0:47.5	Hello and welcome to For the Wild podcast.
0:51.2	I'm Iana Young. Today we are speaking with Sophie Strand.
0:55.0	And one of the things as I said, imagine all of the words in your head were erased,
1:01.0	every single one.
1:02.6	And you could only get back 50 words
1:05.1	for the rest of your life.
1:07.2	And then I said, what are the 50 words
1:09.9	that actually do work in your life,
1:11.6	that actually designate real relationships.
1:14.0	Like my guess is it's not justice.
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