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Initiation and the Soul - the Sacred and the Profane
Initiation and the Soul the Sacred and the Profane Author:Michael Meade Initiation and the Soul — The Sacred and the Profane — with storyteller & mythologist Michael Meade — Initiation is the way the soul grows and finds its unique project in life. Using traditional myths, Meade shows the three steps of initiation: separation, ordeals, and the conscious return to community. Initiation aims at the full incarnation of th... more »e soul that requires both ascents and descents, climbing the ladders of wisdom, and descending to the depths of love and healing. Through the dual lenses of myth and depth psychology initiation becomes the context for understanding anxiety and addiction, death and divorce, illness and healing.
In this context, nature and culture are not opposed. In fact, Meade shows how the sacred is found where they come together. For the awakened soul, the world becomes a place of possible epiphany where "little redemptions" can occur. Initiation reveals the sacredness of life and shatters the divisive spells of the mundane and profane. In this study of the soul, imagination becomes the central power which turns early traumas and twists of fate from victimization to initiation.
Themes include: Three Steps of Initiation Birth of the Elder A "Little Redemption" Ordeals that Made Me Sacred Means Healing and Dangerous Walking the Holy Hills« less