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Melting Frost: A Holiday Hymn to the Animate Heart

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Melting Frost: A Holiday Hymn to the Animate Heart

FromThe Emerald


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Melting Frost: A Holiday Hymn to the Animate Heart

FromThe Emerald

ratings:
Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Dec 24, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this poetic ode to the animate vision of the cosmos that has been so central to humanity for so long, we explore the idea that the ritual heart of both culture and cosmos itself is poetry, and that poetry is the only way to accurately convey and invoke a cosmos that is ultimately artful. Poetry exists so humans can be propelled into states where we feel one with nature. Hence the gods “clothe themselves in poetic meter,” say the Vedas, and in doing so, give us a direct vehicle through which to access them, to revel in them, to ourselves shine. This episode uses the Greek myths as a jumping off point to celebrate the poetic vision of the cosmos and explores how we drifted far from our poetic source. Caution — Greek myths are explicit. Support the show
Released:
Dec 24, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (88)

The Emerald explores the human experience through a vibrant lens of myth, story, and imagination. Brought to life through the wise, wild, and humorous vision of Joshua Michael Schrei — a teacher and lifelong student of the cosmologies and mythologies of the world — the podcast draws from a deep well of poetry, lore, and mythos to challenge conventional narratives on politics and public discourse, meditation and mindfulness, art, science, literature, and more. At the heart of the podcast is the premise that the imaginative, poetic, animate heart of human experience — elucidated by so many cultures over so many thousands of years — is missing in modern discourse and is urgently needed at a time when humanity is facing unprecedented problems. The Emerald advocates for an imaginative vision of human life and human discourse as it questions deep underlying assumptions about societal progress.