The Emerald
A podcast by Joshua Schrei
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86 Episodes
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War and Ritual Ecstasy
Published: 3/25/2022 -
Neck Hairs of the Shapeshifter (w/ Simon Thakur)
Published: 3/9/2022 -
For the Divine Mother of the Universe (w/ Nivedita Gunturi)
Published: 2/7/2022 -
Snail Juice & Bear Fat & Werewolf Moons (w/ Leah Song of Rising Appalachia)
Published: 1/10/2022 -
The Body is the Metaverse
Published: 12/3/2021 -
Festivals! Initiation and the Brilliance of Eternity
Published: 11/18/2021 -
On Resonance: Caves, Hooves, Hearts, Harps... and the Birth of Culture
Published: 10/12/2021 -
Becoming a Ruin: Decomposing and Regrowing the Mythic with Sophie Strand
Published: 9/16/2021 -
Mapping The Mystic: Geographies of Ecstasy in Consciousness and Culture
Published: 8/31/2021 -
The Shape of Stories: How Myths Move Through Bodies and Worlds
Published: 8/5/2021 -
TRA is for Trance: On the Linguistics of Crossing Over
Published: 7/15/2021 -
On Trauma and Vegetation Gods
Published: 6/22/2021 -
The Emerald Turns Two
Published: 6/1/2021 -
Tyson Yunkaporta on Pattern, Kinship, and Story in a World of Decontextualized Minds
Published: 5/26/2021 -
Semele, Kuṇḍalinī, and the Path of Interiorized Lightning
Published: 5/8/2021 -
Trickster Jumps Sides: Disruption and the Anatomy of Culture
Published: 4/21/2021 -
The Many Voices of Water, Part 2: Imagining Water Beyond Lines
Published: 4/2/2021 -
How Trance States Shape the World
Published: 3/12/2021 -
The Many Voices of Water, Part 1: Oceans of Melancholy and Bliss
Published: 2/4/2021 -
Give the Drummer Some: Trance, Danger, and Rapture in the Oldest Instrument of All
Published: 1/19/2021
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.