Carry That Weight: On Mythic Burdens and Cosmic Supports

About this episode

The episode discusses the weight of modern existence and the impact of crumbling support systems on individuals.

There is a weight to modern existence — perhaps you've felt it. In a world in which social and environmental crises only seem to be deepening and our familial, communal and spiritual support systems are steadily crumbling, individuals are buckling under the weight. This weight is not simply metaphorical. When the web of relationships that traditionally hold human culture together is fractured, then sociocultural, ecological, and even cosmic burdens are funneled to individuals to carry. We oft...

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Schrei

Topics covered

• modern existence
• social crises
• environmental crises
• support systems
• individual burdens
• sociocultural issues

Keywords

• modern existence
• social crises
• environmental crises
• support systems
• individual burdens

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