Putting our personal story into a mythic tale gives us psychological insights and a deeper understanding of what is trying to enter the world through us.
Mythic stories depict the living symbols and enduring archetypes that continue to operate in the depths of the human psyche and soul.
When in touch with the soul’s inner story we can find the arts and practices, the aims and meanings that allow our souls to grow deeper while our spirits also rise.
At this critical time on earth, something essential to the story of the world is trying to be re-discovered and something crucial in each life story is trying to be revealed.
Stories enable us to understand the world and our place in it. Mythic narratives weave the divine and natural realms together in ways that become antidotes for our anxieties and fears. We are mythic by nature, each carrying the thread of a unique plotline that seeks to unfold throughout the course of our life.
At each critical juncture or time of change, the story of our soul tries to break through and become more conscious. Since myths speak to each soul differently, they can deliver to each listener the psychic facts and healing factors they most need. In that sense, stories are a form of medicine that can operate at the deepest levels of self and soul.
Through myths our personal story becomes framed in terms of the great themes that have compelled humans throughout the course of time. The inner myth is our personal link to the power of transformation and our secret connection to the heart of nature. Our personal story can reveal an energy laden, core imagination that has the power to orient our life and move our soul towards its destiny.
Welcome to the "Finding Stories to Live With" Course
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Session 1 Overview
Opening Song - Azisona / Introduction
Personal and Mythical Stories
Old Cave Woman - Native American Story
Story Commentary
Whole Stories
Prajapati - Hindu Myth
Story Commentary
Question 1: You often talk about our times as the end of our world, as we know it. How is this time different from any other time? Isn't any period a time of collapse and renewal?
Question 2: How can we use stories to help others in their process of individuation?
Question 3: I’m not Hindu or from India, but I am moved by the myth of Aditi, the mother of the Gods in Hindu myth. Is it OK to adopt this archetype in order to learn from it? How do I avoid enacting cultural appropriation?
Audio - The Cave of Wisdom
Audio - Myths of Creation and Re-Creation
Book Excerpt - Holding the Thread of Life
Book Excerpt - Die Before You Die
Session 2 Overview
Kairos Time
How Healing Ceremonies Began - Apache Story
Story Commentary
Question 1: I'm a psychologist deeply saddened to see many of my clients so deeply trapped in the literal that they are unable to even comprehend the concept of an inner wholeness in their lives. How can I begin introducing them to story and soul?
Question 2: Is there a mythical story about getting going in life? Inertia seems to be prevalent in me as well as in many others.
Question 3: How can we avoid the temptation to grasp for an easy answer from others? What do you mean by the courage of not knowing?
Question 4: I was reminded of the old saying that a zealot has only one story & a wise person has many. Can you speak to the practice of finding our way back to open again, to many stories that provide myriad ways of seeing, feeling & being in the world?
Orphan Boy - Native American Story
Story Commentary
Oracular Stories
Conclusion and Closing Song
Audio - Stories of Healing and Renewal
Audio - The Long Arrow of Imagination
Audio: Azi Sona - Full Song
Audio: Azi Sona - Commentary
Book Excerpt - Stopping in Time
Book Excerpt - The Last Thread
Session 3 Overview
Opening Song - Azima / Introduction
Two Levels of Story
Curses, Spells, & Blessings
Myth of Er - Greek Myth
Story Commentary
Question 1: Could you speak about curses and spells in the realm of the fathers?
Question 2: Are you saying that a child carries a wound from birth which becomes activated by their father and that the wound can transform into a gift?
Question 3: It seems that many people are taking advantage of the wounded times in which we live. Would you say that this contributes to the sense of community falling apart?
Audio - The Milk of Inspiration
Audio - Unlocking Destiny
Book Excerpt: The Book of Fate
Book Excerpt: The Myth of Er
Session 4 Overview
Introduction
Poder - Guatemalan Story
Story Commentary
Gifts and Wounds
Question 1: Currently, many 18-30 year olds need to move back in with their parents due to economic reasons. How does this affect breaking the family spell and the process of discovering the inner genius?
Question 2: My youngest sister at 65 has just gotten out of a mental hospital and begged me to help her and figure out her life. I don't know how to help her without losing the sense of my own life. Is there a story to help people in this situation?
Question 3: Why are so many similar myths found around the world? Is this related to the inner archetypes that we all inherit?
Calling and Dharma
Eternal Youth Within
Question 1: My father was the family doctor in our community and beloved by many. He was also emotionally distant and difficult for me to find in a feeling way. It's hard to know the curse when your community is mesmerized by the gifts of your father.
Question 2: I've heard you talk about the idea that each soul is born at the time its gifts are needed. Could you say more about how our gifts and genius relate to the individual and collective crises we all now face?
Conclusion and Closing Song
Audio - The Arc of Initiation
Audio - The Calling Keeps Calling
Audio: Azima - Full Song
Audio: Azima - Commentary
Book Excerpt - Gifts and Wounds
Book Excerpt - Eisik's Dream
Michael Meade Biography
Mosaic Multicultural Foundation
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