The Emerald
A podcast by Joshua Schrei
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88 Episodes
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The Many Voices of Water, Part 1: Oceans of Melancholy and Bliss
Published: 4/02/2021 -
Give the Drummer Some: Trance, Danger, and Rapture in the Oldest Instrument of All
Published: 19/01/2021 -
When Exactly Was the Age of Reason?
Published: 30/12/2020 -
Animism is Normative Consciousness
Published: 1/12/2020 -
Giving Thanks
Published: 26/11/2020 -
Seeking the Luminous in an Age of Manufactured Light
Published: 15/11/2020 -
Medusa and #MeToo: How Modern Narratives Miss the Heart of Myth
Published: 1/11/2020 -
When Bread is No Longer Bread: The Importance of Context in Consciousness, Community, and Cosmos
Published: 8/10/2020 -
The Return to Focused Presence: Rediscovering the Greatest Conspiracy of All
Published: 16/09/2020 -
The Honey that Hums and Blazes: Somatic Nectars of the Trance State
Published: 1/09/2020 -
A Brief History of Want: Longing and Its Place in Cosmos and Consciousness
Published: 18/08/2020 -
In These Mythic Times: Monsoon, Apocalypse, and What We Are Truly Longing For
Published: 4/08/2020 -
Holy River of Flows: Words and Discourse in a Declarative Age
Published: 21/07/2020 -
Sand Talk with Tyson Yunkaporta
Published: 30/06/2020 -
Space Hex: The Curse of Restlessness in Worldviews of Perpetual Escape
Published: 24/06/2020 -
Rapturous Focus and Extraordinary Powers: Breathing Life into the Third Book of the Yoga Sutras
Published: 19/05/2020 -
Broadcasting Live From the Time of Poets and Bards
Published: 6/05/2020 -
Broadcasting Live From the Center of the Universe
Published: 22/04/2020 -
O Holy Rupture: Cracking Open the Great Myth with Joseph Sansonese
Published: 7/04/2020 -
The Pandemic and the Goddess: Perspectives on Humanity, Disease, and Nature
Published: 25/03/2020
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.