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Episode 429 - A Lack of Elders, A Loss of Wisdom
This episode begins with the idea that in traditional cultures worldwide the search for wisdom would be a necessity for developing genuine leadership. It would also be a primary practice for those w…
Published on 9 months ago
Episode 428 - Being Worth Your Salt
This episode of Living Myth begins with an unassuming teacher finding herself in a public controversy for refusing to take down posters that state that everyone is "welcome, important, respected, en…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
Episode 427 - Finding a Place to Stand
This episode begins by tracing the evolution of propaganda from the creation of a papal agency entitled The College of Propaganda just over 400 years ago to the current process of "flooding the zone…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 426 - The Deeper Self Within
At this critical time on Earth, we are caught in storms of change that involve the shattering of norms and a loss of orientation as unprecedented events tear at the heart of humanity and ravage both…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 425 - Looking Down on Autocracy
This episode of focuses on the dehumanizing aspects of autocratic movements. The increasing uncertainties about the future create vacuums that would be dictators and autocrats seek to fill with big …
Published on 10 months ago
Episode 424 - Hubris Comes Before the Fall
This episode of Living Myth begins with a consideration of psychological characteristics of the archetype of the king. In its positive form the king archetype is often connected to the sun which app…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
Episode 423 - Facing Darkness
On this episode, Michael Meade explores the roots of wisdom and what it means to face the darkness. The healing and transformation needed now, both individually and collectively, require going into …
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 422 - Surviving the Maelstrom
This episode of Living Myth begins with the idea that we are experiencing not just radical changes that happen in quick succession, but a maelstrom that threatens to upend life as we know it. The …
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 421 - Chaos, Conflict and the Deep Self Within
This episode begins with the idea that we live in times of extreme changes and increasing chaos. When the world around us falls apart the issue becomes not simply a change in lifestyle or shift in po…
Published on 11 months ago
Episode 420 - A Crucial Test of the Dream of Justice, Liberty and Diversity
This episode looks at the misuses of power, the dangers of arch narcissism and the ways that the dream of America is now being severely tested. An old proverb states that: Power lacks morals and pri…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago