Myth Matters Podcast

To see a World in a Grain of Sand  And a Heaven in a Wild Flower  Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand  And Eternity in an hour from “Auguries of Innocence” by William Blake Among the paradoxes posed … Continued

“Perhaps the greatest stories are those which disturb us, which shake us from our complacency, which threaten our well-being. It is better to enter into the danger of such a story than to keep safely away in a space where … Continued

This entertaining Ashanti story about the trickster spider Anansi reveals the threads between story, imagination, and possibility. Who controls the stories that we tell, and why is it important to reach beyond our personal experience to hear the stories of … Continued

  This episode includes a series of Sufi teaching stories that address change, loss, and renewal, and the power of story to shift our perspective and life the spirit. Includes Nasrudin and the man with the sack, Fatima the Spinner, … Continued

This is the fourth and final episode in the 4-part series on the Sumerian myth of Inanna. We’ve crossed into the new year in the meantime, and this mixing of beginnings and endings felt appropriate for this myth and for … Continued

  Click here to listen to Inanna’s Descent to the Underworld, episode 3 in a 4-part series in the season 2 archives on buzzsprout The ancient Sumerian story of Inanna’s descent to the underworld is an iconic myth about a … Continued