Meade, Michael
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| Born | January 16, 1944 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, mythologist, storyteller |
| Nationality | American |
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Michael J. Meade (born January 16, 1944) is an American author, mythologist, storyteller, and was a figure in the Men's Movement of the 1980s.[1] Having distanced himself from the Men's Movement, he continues to publish and teach to a broader audience.
His essays have appeared in To Be A Man, Tending the Fire, Wingspan, Walking Swiftly, and The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart. The latter is an anthology of poetry, which he edited with Robert Bly and James Hillman. His book Men and the Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of Men was published in 1993 by Harper San Francisco. He is the author of the books The Water of Life, The World Behind the World, Fate and Destiny, the Two Agreements in Life, and Why the World Doesn't End, The Genius Myth and Awakening the Soul. Meade uses story and mythology as a means of discovery for others to find their inner wisdom and inherent gifts, and he is among those interviewed in the documentary Mythic Journeys, focused on people like Robert Bly and James Hillman, and other leading figures of the Men's Movement.[2][3]
Micheal Meade is the creator and host of the weekly Living Myth Podcast and looks at contemporary issues in nature and culture through a mythic perspective.
Philanthropy
Michael J. Meade is the founder of the Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, a Seattle-based non-profit dedicated to education and culture. The focus of his current work is to bring healing through story and mythology to disaffected populations from many sectors of modern culture. He frequently works with at-risk youth, homeless populations, returning veterans, prisoners, and youth involved in gang life. Meade leads day-long workshops and residential retreats aimed at healing and personal growth. He collaborates in this multicultural work with leaders like Luis J. Rodriguez and Jack Kornfield.
He is adjunct faculty in depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, where his honorary degree is from, and often teaches programs on mythology and depth psychology. He earned a B.A. from Saint John's University.
Publications
- Men and the Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of Men, 1994, ISBN 978-0-06-250726-6
- The Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of the Soul, 2006, ISBN 978-0-9766450-4-7
- The World Behind the World: Living at the ends of time, 2008, ISBN 978-0-9766450-6-1
- Fate and Destiny: The Two Agreements of the Soul, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9829391-4-7
- Why the World Doesn't End, 2012, ISBN 978-0-9829391-5-4
- The Genius Myth, 2016, ISBN 978-0-9716011-2-3
- Awakening the Soul, 2018, ISBN 978-0999634592
References
- Allis, Sam (November 8, 1990). "Essay What Do Men Really Want?". Time. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- Willis, Kathleen Mary (April 7, 2021). "Michael Mead: We Are Children of the World – A Song for Grounding". Golden Age of Gaia.
- "#11 The Origins of the Mythopoetic Men's Movement - Michael Meade (Mosaic Voices) Podcast + Transcript". The Mythic Masculine. March 31, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
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OUR MISSION
At this time of crisis Earth, Mosaic offerings bring the medicine of myth and story in ways that inspire creative imagination and genuine hope.
Drawing upon decades of “hands on” work in the trenches of healing and transformation, Mosaic presentations and practices bring deeply intuitive and intensely imaginal approaches to pressing personal and societal issues.
Mosaic’s Living Myth presentations and publications demonstrate how each person, regardless of age or background, is imbued with genius and able to contribute to a transformation of life on Earth.
Participants learn to transform personal struggles and traumas into creative expressions that bring meaning and purpose to individual lives and also contribute to greater sense of genuine human community.
OUR VISION
At critical moments in history, mythic imagination tries to return to our awareness in order to reveal the capacities for the renewal of culture and the restoration of nature.
Without the visionary capacity and imagination of the soul, we are unable to perceive ourselves as having meaningful responses and being able to contribute to the necessary work of healing both nature and human culture.
MICHAEL MEADE
Meade is a renowned storyteller, author, and scholar of mythology, anthropology, and psychology. He combines hypnotic storytelling, street-savvy perceptiveness, and spellbinding interpretations of ancient myths with a deep knowledge of cross-cultural rituals. He has an unusual ability to distill and synthesize these disciplines, tapping into ancestral sources of wisdom and connecting them to the stories we are living today.
He is the author of Awakening the Soul, The Genius Myth, Fate and Destiny, Why the World Doesn't End and The Water of Life; and the creator of the Living Myth Podcast.
Michael Meade is the founder of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, a nonprofit network of artists, activists, and community builders that encourages greater understanding between diverse peoples.
“Amidst the radical changes and polarization of modern life something ancient and knowing keeps trying to catch up to us.” - Michael Meade
Mosaic Multicultural Foundation is a 501c3 Nonprofit Organization
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"The ship is always off course. Anybody who sails knows that. Sailing is being off course and correcting. That gives a sense of what life is about." (05/05/2024)
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