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Review ------ Brilliant and necessary. Michael Meade offers deep medicine for our cultural anxieties, myths that empower, and profound and timeless ins. These ancient stories and modern illuminations offer the very understandings we need in these hard times. --Jack Kornfield In reading Michael Meade s work, as in listening to his wisdom in any form, I am amazed at the high quality of love he imparts to a love starved, deeply fractured, humanity. He challenges us to go deeper into the cracks and crevices of our lives to grow a self that remains upright and of service to a tragically troubled world. --Alice Walker Michael Meade is awake, his stories, particularly the dramatic tales of his own life, are amazing, deepening and full of clarifying awareness. --Coleman Barks Read more ( javascript:void(0) ) About the Author ---------------- Michael Meade, born and raised in New York City, is a renowned storyteller, author, and scholar of mythology, anthropology, and psychology. He combines hypnotic and fiery storytelling, street savvy perceptiveness, and spellbinding interpretations of ancient myths with a deep knowledge of cross-cultural rituals. His ability to tap into ancestral sources of wisdom to help people of today heal their communities has inspired thousands of people throughout the world. His unique translations of age-old myths and symbols into culturally relevant, everyday language earned him an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Michael is also the founder of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, author of The Genius Myth, The Water of Life, The World Behind the World, e and Destiny and Why the World Doesn't End. He is co-editor of The Rag and Shop of the Heart, and editor of the cross-cultural anthology on rites of passage: Crossroads: A Quest for Contemporary Rites of Passage. Read more ( javascript:void(0) )