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Ep. 162: The Flowering Wand - Rewilding the Sacred Masculine (feat. Sophie Strand)
Ep. 162: The Flowering Wand - Rewilding the Sacred Masculine (feat. Sophie Strand)
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77 minutes
Released:
Oct 14, 2023
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Today on Mushroom Hour we join in communion with the overflowing font of mythos, play and animated everything Sophie Strand. Sophie is a poet and writer with a focus on the history of religion and the intersection of spirituality, storytelling and ecology. Her poems and essays have appeared in numerous projects and publications, including the Dark Mountain Project, poetry.org and the magazines Unearthed, Braided Way, Art PAPERS and Entropy. Their newest book “The Flowering Wand – Rewilding the Sacred Masculine” is a potent retelling of classical European myths and masculine characters like Dionysus, Merlin, Jesus that encourages men to put down the iron sword and pick up a myceliated, vegetal thyrsus. TOPICS COVERED: Staying Alive by Exploring Ecology Mediterranean Religions & Arthurian Myths Myths as Vessels of Environmental Information Replanting Myths - Reroot, Rewild, Retell Polyphonic Iconography Partnership Cultures and Dominator Cultures Medusa & Mothers Turned into Monsters Symbiosis & Synchronism The Rebellion of Dionysus Gender as a Morphic Field & a Mycelial Web The King Becomes the Kingdom Expanding Masculinity Jesus the Magical, Nature-Loving Rabbi Returning to the Compost Heap EPISODE RESOURCES: "The Flowering Wand": https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Flowering-Wand/Sophie-Strand/9781644115961 "The Madonna Secret": https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Madonna-Secret/Sophie-Strand/9781591434672 Sophie Strand Substack: https://sophiestrand.substack.com/ Sophie Strand IG: https://www.instagram.com/cosmogyny/ "Bitch": https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lucy-cooke/bitch/9781541674905/?lens=basic-books Microanimism: https://www.microanimism.com/ Chlorophyllum molybdites: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyllum_molybdites "Enlivenment": https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262536660/ "An Immense World": https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/616914/an-immense-world-by-ed-yong/
Released:
Oct 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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