About this episode

The episode explores the need for change in the face of global and personal crises through the lens of mythology.

In times of rising frustration over the state of nations, times of personal, ecological, societal, and planetary impasse, when cycles of senseless suffering seemingly repeat themselves over and over, and all the global upheaval still isn't bringing about change... in times when stuck energies need to move and forces that have been restrained for generations long to break free, the myths offer visions of roarers, bellowers, trumpeters, and conch-blasters. These movers and shakers do more than ...

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Schrei

Topics covered

• ecological crisis
• societal change
• mythology
• personal growth
• global upheaval

Keywords

• planetary roar
• frustration
• cycles of suffering
• myths
• change

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