The Emerald explores the human experience through a vibrant lens of myth, story, and imagination. Brought to life through the wise, wild, and humorous vision of Joshua Michael Schrei — a teacher and lifelong student of the cosmologies and mythologies of the world — the podcast draws from a deep well of poetry, lore, and mythos to challenge conventional narratives on politics and public discourse, meditation and mindfulness, art, science, literature, and more. At the heart of the podcast is the premise that the imaginative, poetic, animate heart of human experience — elucidated by so many cultures over so many thousands of years — is missing in modern discourse and is urgently needed at a time when humanity is facing unprecedented problems. The Emerald advocates for an imaginative vision of human life and human discourse as it questions deep underlying assumptions about societal progress.
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The Eyes Have It: The Optics of Creation and Consciousness
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2020-03-03
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Reimagining Our Ancestors: A Dive into the Paleolithic Heart and Mind
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2020-02-18
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The Shape of Art: Place, Relevance, and the Living Force Between Adorer and Adored
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2020-01-21
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Airplanes, Epilepsy, and Shamanism: A Respectful Response to Neil deGrasse Tyson
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2020-01-07
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Melting Frost: A Holiday Hymn to the Animate Heart
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2019-12-24
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How to Churn an Ocean and Breathe Like a Horse: Rekindling the Somatic Heart of Myth
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2019-12-10
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Great Bear: The Being at the Heart of Global Tradition
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2019-11-26
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The Poetry of The Point: All of Cosmos and Consciousness in a Little Round Dot
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2019-11-12
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On Cauldrons, Inner and Outer
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2019-10-29
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Healing the Science-Spirit Divide in 34 Minutes
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2019-10-15
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Picture This with All Your Heart: Reclaiming the Urgent Incandescence of Imaginative Vision
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2019-10-01
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Enchanted Lands: Remembering the Holy Hum Between Person and Place
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2019-09-25
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Orpheus: The Song Of Life — A Conversation With Ann Wroe
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2019-09-17
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The Goddess Wept All Night: That Little Matter of Sacrifice
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2019-08-27
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Sei and Her Soul Are Separated: The Colonization of Consciousness and Reclaiming the Visionary State
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2019-08-20
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Dispatches from the Cremation Ground: Comfort, Discomfort, and Surrender in Practice
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2019-08-13
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The Shamanic Vonnegut: Or, The Fine Art of Hearing the Purple Hum
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2019-08-06
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Homer, Tolkien, and the Heart of the Visionary Experience: A Conversation with Robert Tindall
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2019-07-30
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Stone Soup: In Which I Argue Strongly in Favor of The Worship of Rocks
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2019-07-24
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The Fauna Mandala: Animals, Imagination, and Consciousness
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2019-07-16
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