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

AFTERWORD:

• 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)