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Back to SearchEpisode 370 - Veiling the Truth
Michael Meade uses an ancient tale about a lost message from the god of creation to consider the contemporary dilemma in which many people become blind to the truth. The old Sanskrit word avidya ca…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 369 - Three Kinds of Wisdom
Unlike religious narratives or scientific theories, folk myths don't require that we believe in them. They simply prefer that we continue to learn from them. Sometimes, the ancient wisdom needed fo…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 368 - Touching Spirit, Making Soul
Increasing tensions throughout the world pit the effects of modern culture against the instinctive practice of becoming a genuine individual. Yet, the heart of the human drama concerns whether we a…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 367 - The Redemptive Power of Soul
As the world rattles around us and the soul trembles, balancing symbols and archetypal energies stir deep within us. If we can hold the tension of the immediate limitations, we can connect to the s…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 366 - Facing Our Fears
Under the rule of the ego or little-self, we live on the fringes of our natural potential and our genuine purpose in life. A core pattern exists in each soul intended to shape the unique project of…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 365 - Kairos Time
Currently, the world is beset by a cascade of crises that seem impossible to solve. Yet, the situation can also be seen as what the ancient Greeks called a kairos period, a betwixt and between time…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 364 - The Sacred Fifth
This episode takes up the issue of healing from the ancient idea of the Sacred Fifth, or Secret Fifth, that represents the hidden center of the world, the original source of wholeness and renewal. F…
Published on 2 years ago
Episode 363 - Myths of Creation and Re-Creation
On this New Year’s podcast, Michael Meade begins an exploration of the myths of creation and tales of re-creation that allow time to renew and the world to begin again. Any serious consideration of …
Published on 2 years ago
Episode 362 - Darkness and the Light
This episode approaches the darkest time of the year through the creative tension between time and eternity and between darkness and the light. Prior to the hardening of time that is so characterist…
Published on 2 years ago
Episode 361 - The Stream of Knowledge
Currently, the common understanding of “streaming” means “listening to music or watching video in real time as part of a continuous stream of data.” An older idea describes a cosmic stream of essenti…
Published on 2 years ago