Story Paths

Recently I visited the place where my family spread my father's ashes. I met my friend from another world again there, and he told me a story about fathers and death.
Here is what he said...

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We live in a time where our cultural myths are breaking down, myths like the lone hero saving the day. The problems we face as a species now are far too great for any one person to tackle, and our stories need to speak to collective effort and deep change.
In this solo episode, I attempt to find overlaps between the world-stories of two very different thinkers, Joseph Campbell and Joanna Macy. Campbell is famous for speaking of the hero's journey, while Macy speaks about the Great Turning, a collective cultural journey. What would the hero's journey look like not with a lone hero on a quest, but with our entire species deepening into maturity?

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Today I'm very glad to be speaking with my friend and mentor Michael Geary, who is an expert Vedic astrologer and life coach. He speaks about astrology as a symbol system to understand one's physche. He employs it, along with life-coaching, to help his clients make empowered choices.
On a personal level, Michael helped me through a difficult transition, from the life of a monk to the life of an artist. In doing so, he's helped me on my journey to understanding and accepting these very different sides of myself.
I hope you'll enjoy the conversation as much as I do.
To learn more about Michael's work and inquire about his astrology and life-coaching services, go to www.michaelgeary.co.uk
And keep an eye out for the book Michael is working on about the princples of dharma.

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What do we mean when we say, 'The story of our time?' Why do we use the same word, story, when talking about the story of a culture, and the story of a fantasy film?
In this solo episode, I draw connections between the stories we live in and the stories we tell.

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When even the alfalfa tells the Plant Whisperer that the water is getting strange, the Plant Whisperer knows she'll need help. She and her good friend the Water Whisperer set off on a quest through the wasteland, trying to find a well whose water has not been discombobulated by industrial civilization.

This story was a collective effort, a choose your own adventure style collaboration up until the last moment. Thanks to all the contributors on StoryPaths on instagram, and in person. You know who you are.

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Enter into a guided meditation about wonderful water, how she flows and where she comes from.

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 My mother has lived a long and storied life, and has written about much of it. Born after WWII, she entered a healing world full of new possibilities, some of which distanced her from her parents. She's seen tremendous gains and also losses, and to hear her reflect on her life so far is illuminating and heart warming.

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The other day while I was waiting for the bus, I met a most unusual young man from another world.
He lives in a land with no cars, trucks, computers, or even horses, and he's a messenger who runs great distances to give messages.
He told me about his very first journey, and the conundrum he faced.

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Everything is symbolic, even cardboard boxes and chairs, what to speak of rings, masks and flags. In this episode I get into how this is, and how you can make and remake symbols yourself.

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Welcome to Storypaths, a podcast about the stories we tell, and the stories we live in.
I’ll share tools to spot myths playing out in the day-to-day, and to mythologize your life to gain fresh perspective. Leaving the logical aside, we’ll play with archetypes, pathways and symbols to recraft the stories that contain us, starting from the realm of the imagination on out to the hands on.
 I’ll be telling tales I’ve created to make sense of my life, and inviting you to do the same. The regions between us where stories overlap are often the most fertile ground. 
I’m Theodore Lowry, and I hope you’ll join me on this journey.

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