How mythic narratives bring vital energy and forgotten wisdom for healing
This week’s show is with Michael Meade. Michael Meade, D.H.L., is a renowned storyteller, author, and scholar of mythology, anthropology, and psychology.
He combines hypnotic storytelling, street-savvy perceptiveness, and spellbinding interpretations of ancient myths with a deep knowledge of cross-cultural rituals. He has an unusual ability to distill and synthesize these disciplines, tapping into ancestral sources of wisdom and connecting them to the stories we are living today.
He is the author of Awakening the Soul, The Genius Myth, Fate and Destiny: The Two Agreements of The Soul, Why the World Doesn't End, The Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of the Soul; editor, with James Hillman and Robert Bly, of Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart; and the creator of the Living Myth Podcast.
Michael Meade is the founder of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, a nonprofit network of artists, activists, and community builders that encourages greater understanding between diverse peoples.
In this conversation, Michael and Lian explored the wonderful topic of how mythic narratives reveal hidden knowledge for healing and making things whole, especially for those of us working as change-makers and healers of others.
I’d love to know what YOU think about this week’s show. Let’s carry on the conversation… please leave a comment below.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
I’ve noticed that so many people can connect the dots back to events in childhood that seeded their destiny, or marked their soul, as Michael said. Michael’s own story of being gifted the book of mythology was a beautiful example of this. I also loved how he said that our calling will keep calling!
Stories are a way we can enter the dream, the other world, as a group - and discover our place in the story.
As Michael said, archetypes come with vital energy and intention - which is exactly what we need right now for healing ourselves and the collective
Myths show us that beginnings come with endings and that as Michael said “the cracks are where the archetypes get through.”
Resources and stuff that we spoke about:
Mosaic Website: https://www.mosaicvoices.org/
Living Myth Podcast: https://www.mosaicvoices.org/podcast
Michael Meade Events: https://www.mosaicvoices.org/events
Michael Meade Courses: https://courses.mosaicvoices.org/
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Thank you!
Lian & Jonathan