Many of us live with a heavy awareness of cultural unraveling, while the natural world faces sustained and escalating threats. According to author, storyteller and podcaster MICHAEL MEADE, humanity has reached the end of an era, with no clear vision of what is to come.
Michael’s new book, The Heart of Transformation: Personal and Cultural Renewal on Earth, offers a fundamentally hopeful perspective. Despite the divisions, conflicts and betrayals of our time, the essential story of the world—birth, death, rebirth—endures and is ready to be rediscovered. The loose threads of our unraveling world are waiting to be woven into something new, and the secret of this transformation lies not in politics or activism, but in the depths of the individual heart and soul.
Meanwhile, we inhabit a phase of life that is full of chaos and creativity. Like butterfly larvae, we rest in darkness, the outcome of our mysterious transformation unclear. We must find a way to accept the dark and recognize it as a rite of passage in service of new and transformed life.
“Amidst the radical changes and polarization of modern life something ancient and knowing keeps trying to catch up to us.” – Michael Meade
Our Guest
Michael Meade is a renowned storyteller and author who combines hypnotic storytelling, street-savvy perceptiveness, and spellbinding interpretations of ancient myths. Michael is the creator of the Living Myth Podcast, and the founder of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation. His latest book is The Heart of Transformation: Personal and Cultural Renewal on Earth.
Resources from the Episode
- James Hillman, The Thought of the Heart and the Soul of the World
- Iain McGilchrist, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
- Michael Meade, The Heart of Transformation: Personal and Cultural Renewal on Earth.
- Michael Meade’s podcast: The Living Myth podcast
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