Why are elders needed in these troubled times?
Michael Meade, internationally known author, storyteller and mythologist has addressed this question in his latest book: Awakening the Soul: A Deep Response to a Troubled World.
We talk about his insights in this conversation about keeping the soul alive when the world is struggling.
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Highlights from the episode:
- What makes someone an elder.
- “The elders are not the people who have never fallen they are the people who have fallen down and found ways to get back up to such a degree they can help other people to find their way.”
- Why the youth need elders and what happens in our world when the elders are not there.
- “Today people imagine that as you get older you became less than you were. Traditional people imagined that as you got older you became more than you were.”
- What rituals might we use to celebrate elderhood.
- “If we lose the beauty of the world–if we’re not in touch with internal blossoming, then we are not making a better world.”
- “To be alive at any stage of life requires connecting to one’s core imagination.“
- “Imagination is the deepest power of the human soul.”
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The Show Notes
Learn more about Michael’s work at Mosaic Voices.
Read Awakening the Soul: A Deep Response to a Troubled World.
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