This time of covid and quarantine is a rite of passage for humanity, and phenomenally rapid change is possible. What we believe and what we project into the world matters deeply- especially in times of chaos, when a new story is being written. Let us act wisely in the wake of this culture-shifting pandemic.
IN THE INTERVIEW:
Everything happening as a result of coronavirus is an intensification of trends already in place
Acknowledging that we don’t know what’s going on, and likely never will, to the extent we’d like to believe we do
Making sense of the competing narratives around COVID19
Is reality bifurcating? What is the relationship between belief and reality?
Conspiracy theories don’t leave enough room for ordinary human folly, and the world is not that controllable
However, the tilt of civilization has been skewing ever closer to totalitarian control, and this is heightening that
War mentality and going deeper than the constant search for a new enemy to fight
Asking, instead, what conditions were in place to create this?
The possibility that this shifts the current medical paradigm
Do we choose further disconnection, or do we reclaim human togetherness?
Propagating a new story- what we radiate out in this potent moment is a suggestion to others about what’s possible for humans
We won’t survive life, so what can this collective lesson in dying teach us?
The more we are governed by security, the more anemic our lives become
Our actions matter- recovering the primordial knowing of our own power and the connection between self and cosmos
Real health comes from community- it is an illusion that we can thrive in isolation
Shifting the prepping paradigm from personal hoarding to preparing to help others
When humans disrupt the matrix of interbeing, proliferation of novel viruses, disease-bearing ticks, etc, is inevitable
Generosity of community is the only reliable insurance policy
IN THE OUTRO:
Ecological interbeing, nature connection as antidote, and a pandemic of possibility
LINKS (if listening on an app that doesn’t support links, find these at https://mythicmedicine.love/podcast):
Read Charles' full essay at The Coronation
Stephen Buhner’s post on ecological interbeing
Katie LaMonte’s post on nature connection as antidote
Dr. Zach Bush on A Pandemic of Possibility
Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses!)
My website MythicMedicine.love
Take my fun Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine? Quiz
Medicine Stories Facebook group
Mythic Medicine on Instagram
Music by Mariee Sioux (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)
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109. Loving Ourselves Home: Finding Sanctuary in Herbal Medicine - Kami McBride
108. The Mythic Hive & How Bees Heal Us - Ariella Daly
107. Death is the Great Healing: Reclaiming Ancestral Relationship w/ the Dead - Perdita Finn
106. Chronic Illness: Telling Honest Stories, Navigating the Underworld, and Tending the Roots - Sarah Ramey
105. Synchronicity Reveals Our Ecological Niche - Sophie Strand
104. Your Body is Not a Closed System: The Sun, Cell Signaling, & Metabolic Wellness - Sarah Kleiner
103. Midlife Burnout for Women & Why Healing Work Can Make Us Worse - Dr. Suuzi Hazen
102. The Living Matrix of Fascia & the Resonance of the Heart - Lindsay Courcelle
101. Rooting With the Ancient Mothers: Healing Wounded Lineages by Reclaiming Physiologic Birth & Radical Togetherness - Aimee Aroha
100. Returning the Mother to Herself: Our Nourishment Shapes How We Receive Life - Niecia Nelson
99. Holistic Health & Earth Connected Living in Technological Times - Carly Rose
98. Parenting Sensitive/Spirited/Neurodivergent Children, Leaving Schools, and Proudly Engaging in Wrongthink - Teva Johnstone
97. Five Years of Medicine Stories (& more)
96. Apprentice Yourself to the Earth: Plant Wisdom & Embodied Knowing - Kami McBride
95. Exiting the Overculture: Herbalism, Homesteading, & Unschooling My Mind
94. Our Trip to Britain: Ancestral Pilgrimage to Sacred Sites
93. Mirrors in the Earth: Self Remembrance & the Non-Stop Nurturance of the Natural World - Asia Suler
92. Expansion is Our Nature: a Matriarchal Reframe for Money & How I Went From Broke to Flow
91. The Mineral Matrix & the Motherline That Made You - Hamid Jabbar
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