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Podcast: Myth in the Mojave
Episode: Larger Fields of Time: The Norse myth of Loki and the Death of Balder
Description: “Just to live is holy. To be is a blessing.” Rabbi Abraham HeschelIn this program we use the Norse myth of the trickster Loki and the death of Balder to explore the territory that was staked out in the previous program, “Beauty and Love in the Shadow.” How can this myth help us understand Joanna Macy’s advice to “inhabit larger fields of time?” Special thanks to Cynthia Anderson for sharing Deborah Miranda’s poem, “Prayer of Prayers for the Water Protectors at Standing Rock” which is included.Support the show