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THE SECOND ADVENTURE OF LIFE
On this timely, yet timeless in-depth audio recording, Michael Meade explores how the second adventure of life arises from the inner myth and unique story trying to unfold from within us and reveal our true calling and genuine purpose in life.
“No matter how old a person is or how close they get to the door of exit, the calling keeps calling. A person can awaken at any point along the path of their life.”
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“Myth offers a third place to stand, or a third way to see, when we find ourselves caught between opposing ideas and hardening ideologies.”
- Michael Meade
NEW AUDIO BOOK: Using ancient myths and stories, Meade illustrates how meaning is essential to the human soul and describes how soul can be recovered and people can learn to “live in truth.”
With myths and stories from various traditions, with examples drawn from work with at-risk youth and communities, Meade makes the sense of individual genius, not just possible, but truly palpable.
According to ancient myths, each soul must make two agreements upon entering the world. The first binds the individual to a destiny. The second involves the limits of family, culture and time.
A collection of traditional songs of longing, grief and praise used by Michael Meade and Mosaic at healing retreats and in community-building events and rituals.
This set addresses the issue of change from the depths of the soul. Themes and stories range from the deeply personal to the broadly cultural and brightly mythical.
Meade gives a mythic view of modern troubles and the loss of soul that plagues both culture and nature. In dark times, things become both impossible and more possible at the same time
Using the story of the Half-Boy, Meade shows how culture disintegrates into a "half-village" that rejects its youth and forgets its elders. Making the village whole requires both youth and elders.
Using traditional myths, Meade shows the three steps of initiation: separation, ordeals, and the conscious return to community. Initiation is the way the soul grows and finds its unique project in life.
This set draws upon myths and wisdom traditions from both the East and the West to find and mine the ancient "roots of wisdom."
The modern world suffers from "double exposure" as culture and nature, the "two great garments of life," seem to unravel at the same time.
Meade introduces the vital language of myth and offers an intensive study of the inner spirit and the Soul of the World.
When the certainty of the world collapses around us, the danger of cynicism, isolation, and becoming numb inevitably increases.
Using an Eskimo story, The Mistress of Fire, Meade shows how solutions for both personal and cultural problems require the sacrifice of our unconscious, infantile attitudes that sustain narrow self-interests.
This recording follows the ancient story of a spiritual seeker who encounters the god of creation and learns that knowledge can be a burden.
This lively presentation presents Meade’s ideas of a Slow Apocalypse that can lead to a radical renewal of culture and nature rather than an apocalyptic ending of the world.
Following the tale of how the Old Salt Woman brought peace, Meade explains that “peace” means agreement, and that any lasting peace must begin with agreements fashioned within the human soul.
A diverse and dynamic group of authors, teachers, and cultural activists offer each listener an invitation to imaginative activism and an active imagining of cultural healing and change.
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ARCHIVAL RECORDINGS and DIGITAL EXCLUSIVES
These rare and exclusive recordings capture vital insights and offer surprising wisdom that is as striking, imaginative, and transformative as it was when these recordings were created. For those who have enjoyed Michael Meade’s work for decades, these newly re-mastered recordings offer the opportunity to rediscover classic works by this master of storytelling. Available as digital exclusives, these new offerings are not to be missed.
Meade explores how the specific crises of our lives continually bring us to thresholds where we either transform or remain unfulfilled. The troubles and symptoms we encounter can feel like obstacles; but can also be seen as initiatory wounds pointing us toward genuine life aims.
Using surprising ideas and wit, along with mythological and psychological insight, Hillman and Meade look behind the great conflicts and divisions of modern culture and uncover hidden connections between youth and elders.
Beginning with a humorous and insightful view of the three realms of the literal, the psychological and the mythological, Hillman and Meade launch a rich and inspiring consideration of psyche and imagination.
Why do men not have what they most desire? Are they so out of touch with themselves that they don't even know what they desire? This iconic recording gives a good sense of what happens when poet Robert Bly, psychologist-author James Hillman and mythologist Michael Meade work their magic together. man.
The trajectory of a life - who can know its course? Even the gods go blind in the territory of the fates. Yet, each person feels the presence of an inexorable force living through them and each at times can sense the pull of destiny - something that must be done, no matter how strange, dangerous or odd.
Join a live audience and five extraordinary teachers in this lively, fascinating dialogue about mentoring youth, awakening inner genius, and developing a community that can save lives and bless the genius in each soul.
Using the amazing and inspiring Story of the Half-Boy, Michael Meade proposes that the path to living a full and meaningful life involves throwing yourself into the field that your soul would have you work and grow in.
Meade as he uses two African folktales to open up and consider the age-old complexities and intricacies of father and son relationships.
Meade tells two African stories that deal with the experiences of young males encountering the Great Feminine energies in the world.
When life seems uninspired, meaningless or stuck it is time to seek again for the Water of Life and only the youngest, most honest and spontaneous part of our soul knows where to look.