Tales of Myth, Nature, & Culturewith storyteller & mythologist
Michael Meade
The modern world suffers from “double exposure” as culture
and nature, the “two great garments of life,” seem to unravel at the same time.
Meanwhile, science and religion seem to arrive at similar conclusions as
statistics and scriptures each predict the “end of the world.” Is it the end of
all time or a time of many endings seeking the vital ground of renewal?
A South American myth, Icanchu’s
Drum, reveals that even if the world is reduced to ash, the tendrils of
life renew from the roots of eternity. The abundance of Nature arises from the
eternal Tree of Life that always finds ways to regenerate. Meanwhile, the human
task involves awakening to one’s “inner nature” and learning to hold endings
and beginnings together.
Includes: Culture, Nature, Inner Nature • Global
Warming and Religious Fervor • Holding the Tension of the Opposites • The
Pathless Path • The Medicine Tree • East and West Must Meet •
"Humans are the 'makeweights' in the scales of time and eternity. Either we find the courage to live the dream that brought each of us to life or we live a 'half-life' of fear and resignation in the face of growing uncertainty and increased exposures. Near the end it is important to have 'mythic sense' and a 'story-mind;' not a fantasy to escape with, but grounding imaginations that can hold the two worlds of spirit and matter together. At the ends of time we find the roots of eternity again." - Michael Meade
Mosaic Audio
Three Compact Discs
Listen to an excerpt about the "Double Exposure" of nature and culture from The Ends of Time, the Roots of Eternity:
Listen to Michael Meade tell the story of Icanchu's Drum, a re-creation story in which the world suffers dissolution and renews from the ashes of the tree of life, also called The Medicine Tree. Following an old idea we find that each person carries medicine in their heart and can contribute to the renewal of nature and re-imagination of culture.
