Myth, Mycelium, and Rewilding Masculinities

Join us for an exceptional discussion on Myth, Mycelium, and Rewilding Masculinities with Sophie Strand.
Some of the themes we explored:
How has patriarchy colonized the ideas of the masculine?
What does it mean to use mycelium to think through myths?
How can we root ancient stories in ecology?
What makes ancient myths potent in the age of ecosystem collapse?
How does storytelling allow us to transcend our human narratives?
What is the role of modern science in reinterpreting ancient myths?
How can we complicate our ideas of progress and individuality via folklore and biology?
Are there any modern examples of these ancient mythic figures?
How has the history of monotheism obscured the biodiversity of masculine spiritualities and archetypes?
In particular, the figures of Dionysus, Orpheus, Tolkien, Rabbi Yeshua, Tristan, Merlin the Wizard, Parzifal, and King David were focus points of Sophie's recent books
In this live discussion with Sophie, you will have the opportunity to learn some beautiful wisdom teachings from her and to ask questions.
Sophie Strand is a poet, historical-fiction writer, and essayist based in the Hudson Valley with a focus on the intersection of spirituality and ecology. Her first book of essays The Flowering Wand: Lunar Kings, Lichenized Lovers, Transpecies Magicians, and Rhizomatic Harpists Heal the Masculine is forthcoming from Sacred Planet Books (Inner Traditions). She has three chapbooks: Love Song to a Blue God (Oread Press) and Those Other Flowers to Come (Dancing Girl Press) and The Approach (The Swan )Her writing has been published by The Dark Mountain Project, www.poetry.org, Unearthed, Braided Way Magazine, Creatrix Magazine, and Your Impossible Voice. And you can continue to follow her work and poetry on Facebook or Instagram: cosmogyny.
Chapters
00:00 - Myth Mycelium and Rewilding Masculinity with Sophie
00:23 - Weaving Myth the Mycelium
01:20 - Sophie Strand
02:04 - Poem Review by Sophie Strand
02:41 - Spirituality and Ecology: A Review
05:06 - The History of Mythology
10:22 - The hero's journey in the Jewish stories
12:02 - On Hero's Lives and Their Opposition
14:07 - Mythological structures of the masculine
15:53 - Rabbi Yeshua and the Rooting of the Story
20:30 - The story of the collective
25:48 - The need for storytelling in our culture
29:22 - How to Tell a Weird Story About Nature
31:50 - Storytelling in the age of science
36:20 - The End of the World in Ecology
36:57 - The End of an Era
38:19 - The End of the Anthropocene
40:23 - Tristan and the Myth
42:39 - How to Read The Story of Tristan and Merlin
45:34 - The Mythical Figures of Lord of the Rings
47:35 - Have You Learned From Your Woodchuck Mentor?
49:31 - Have You Learned To Love Woodchuck?
51:36 - Directing the bees: Plants
52:33 - Does Nature Direct Bees?
53:40 - On the Paradox of Being Part of a Mind
55:35 - The Rewilding of Masculinity
56:23 - Rewilding of Masculinities
01:00:46 - The Life of the Druid
01:02:15 - The Most Surprising Thing That Oak taught me
01:06:34 - Returning to the Body
01:09:11 - The Problem of Being Embodied
01:11:33 - Pain and the ecological message
01:13:27 - The Womb Experience for Men
01:15:13 - The Womb Experience for Men
01:17:53 - Mycelium and the Bread of Life
01:21:02 - Ghost Pipes and their relationships
01:23:28 - A Night in the Life
01:24:31 - A Night for Thinking