About this episode

Nathalie Nahai speaks with Michael Meade about the mythic power of chaos and creation, exploring themes of storytelling, darkness, and creativity.

In this final episode of the season, I speak with Michael Meade - 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. The celebrated author of Awakening the Soul, The Genius Myth, Fate and Destiny, Why the World Doesn't End and The Water of Life ; and the creator of the Living Myth Podcast, Michael is also the founder of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, a nonprofit network of artists, activists, and community builders that encourages greater understanding between diverse peoples. WEBSITES https://www.mosaicvoices.org/ Podcast: https://www.mosaicvoices.org/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelmeade_mosaicvoices/ BOOKS https://store.mosaicvoices.org/collections/books-1 CHAPTERS 00:00 The Power of Storytelling 02:58 Creativity as an Ongoing Process 05:59 Facing Darkness and the Unknown 08:44 The Role of…

People in this episode

Host: Nathalie Nahai

Guest: Michael Meade

Topics covered

• storytelling
• creativity
• mythology
• darkness
• apocalypse
• healing
• rites of passage

Keywords

• storytelling
• creativity
• mythology
• darkness
• apocalypse
• healing
• rites of passage
• Michael Meade
• Nathalie Nahai
• Mosaic Multicultural Foundation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, Living Myth Podcast

Books & works: Awakening the Soul, The Genius Myth, Fate and Destiny, Why the World Doesn't End, The Water of Life

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